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[ PRIVACY Forum ] DO NOT USE GOOGLE CHROME AUTO BROWSE -- ONE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lauren Weinstein)
Thu Jan 29 19:45:30 2026
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:33:22 -0800
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
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DO NOT USE GOOGLE CHROME AUTO BROWSE -- ONE SENTENCE EXPLAINS WHY!
Google is pushing out their Chrome agentic Gemini AI "Auto Browse"
features to some classes of users today. In reported demos, the line:
"You are responsible for Gemini's actions during tasks."
reportedly appears.
That is ALL you need to know to steer clear of this AI nightmare. When
Gemini screws up browsing and making decisions for you while feeding all
your activity up to Google servers -- Google isn't taking
responsibility, IT'S ALL ON YOU. To quote Admiral Ackbar: "It's a trap!"
Frankly, that's the whole ballgame. You really don't need to know any more.
Maybe you're comfortable putting Google's famously confused
misinformation machine in the driver's seat with your accounts and your
life, but I sure as hell am not.
Because Google wants to "take you for a ride" with this one. In the darkest
sense of the phrase.
No thanks, Google. NO THANKS.
L
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