Bitwarden vs Proton Pass vs Authier: security, price and recovery
Bitwarden, Proton Pass and Authier compared on pricing, security reviews, device approval and recovery—with the evidence behind each recommendation.
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Local AI can still leak your stuff if the rest of the app won’t shut up
The model runs on your laptop. The interface sends a request somewhere else. The comforting sentence about everything being local has suddenly acquired an asterisk large enough to live in.
A weights download is not a freedom certificate
There is a satisfying moment when a model finishes downloading and the first answer appears without a remote service. I understand the enthusiasm. I also understand the temptation to treat the download as evidence for
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