What are your thoughts on #privacy and #itsecurity regarding the #LocalLLMs you use? They seem to be an alternative to ChatGPT, MS Copilot etc. which basically are creepy privacy black boxes. How can you be sure that local LLMs do not A) “phone home” or B) create a profile on you, C) that their analysis is restricted to the scope of your terminal? As far as I can see #ollama and #lmstudio do not provide privacy statements.
I wish when people downvoted comments they explain why. So we can learn.
I didn’t downvote but I bet I understand people who did, as this comment does NOT address OP concern. They just add yet another alternative to verify without explaining how to actually do so, i.e. they make the problem worst rather than help, IMHO.
“respect your privacy” is a vague buzzword phrase, and for a post about local LLMs linking a client that calls APIs which log user data is unhelpful
By “respect your privacy” I mean no personal data is collected. So as long as you are not putting personal details about yourself in the queries and use a VPN you can stay pretty anonymous while using the service.
Thanks.
I feel it would be constructive if people who downvoted the OP (I am not them) told them why. As then the OP can learn what this community expects and people who stumble across comments being downvoted, we can clearly see why and learn more from it.
didn’t even downvote, i suspect taking time to explain something you disagree with in a nuanced matter is more effort than most people would care to do
No I wasn’t accusing you of downvoting. Just speaking generally here.
I guess you’re correct.
Most likely because I am promoting a service that I use and like. 🤷♂️
Are you being coerced into saying that, though?
Nice try Mr Altman 🤔
I just downvoted you to be funny
I accept that as you gave your reasoning.