One of the top stories on Hacker News today was a post arguing that Mozilla shouldn't accommodate any usage of AI in Firefox because (understandably) people were mad at Big AI companies for all the horrible things they've done to users and the internet and society. But I think people are ignoring the reality that *hundreds of millions of users* are using LLMs today, and they need to have tools from platforms that will look out for their interests. https://www.anildash.com/2025/11/14/wanting-not-to-want-ai/
@anildash try #Lumo from #Proton. i use it sparingly & support wikipedia first for instance, as a first option. for very complex questions i use lumo, & turn all other #AI off in my browsers. as with everything, you need to have your moral compass out before you make a decision to use a service or buy a product. do AI have morals yet?
Mx Arjuna
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@protonprivacy claims that their "AI" tool is #opensource , but it is actually far from it:
@protonprivacy claims that their "AI" tool is #opensource , but it is actually far from it:
Google calendar can be poisoned with invisible, malicious Gemini prompts:
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/google-gemini-ai-bot-hijacks-smart-homes
Do I have to stop clicking on calendar invitations? What are the alternatives?
If Google can't get security or "AI" right, what hope is there that anyone will?
@dangillmor
Dan, there’s a huge #degoogle movement here on Mastodon. There’s also the movement across Europe to get away from US-based digital services. @Tutanota frequently shares tables of options. I’m about 8 months into being free of Google search, thanks to the far superior paid #Kagi search. (Kagi Translate is also far superior to any other translation service.) I’ve replaced Google files with #CryptPad. #Proton just introduced their AI product, #Lumo, which is completely private. Their calendar product is steadily improving. Google’s power and influence are waning, as they should in a free market when better products emerge.
Dan, there’s a huge #degoogle movement here on Mastodon. There’s also the movement across Europe to get away from US-based digital services. @Tutanota frequently shares tables of options. I’m about 8 months into being free of Google search, thanks to the far superior paid #Kagi search. (Kagi Translate is also far superior to any other translation service.) I’ve replaced Google files with #CryptPad. #Proton just introduced their AI product, #Lumo, which is completely private. Their calendar product is steadily improving. Google’s power and influence are waning, as they should in a free market when better products emerge.
I just saw #Lumo in my #Proton account. Now THIS "AI" I can at least respect:
https://lumo.proton.me
Never uses your data to train AI
Deletes all logs of your chats
Can’t share your data with anyone
Has an ad-free business model
Based in a high-privacy jurisdiction
Opens source code to the public