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Be careful of this project. I am analyzing their binary in a sandbox as I write this. I was excited when I installed it a couple of hours ago. But suddenly my
by nothrowaways 4y ago
Be careful of this project.
I am analyzing their binary in a sandbox as I write this.
I was excited when I installed it a couple of hours ago. But suddenly my firewall notifications start piling up.
As soon as you install it, it downloads a large binary that includes the trained models and starts a web server on your computer. Then it phones home what they call "meta data", it keeps sending heart beat even if you opt out.
Basically the go binary on your machine is everything the tool needs. But before giving output it dials home.
- freedomben 4y agoMay I ask what sandbox software do you use?
- v3ss0n 4y agoyeah that kind of behavior , i had been seeing a lot in several opensource/binary projects. Mostly they are telemetry but some arent.
- honkler 4y agoLovely. Just take the trained model and upload it to github. Let people use it without "dailing home". After all, OP mentioned in comments somewhere that they are doing it for "democratizing the technology". I cannot see a better way of democratizing. And ofcourse OP will have no problem with it because their goal was not to make money off it, I was told.
- v3ss0n 4y agoDemocratizing by spying , sounds about right ;P They should relase the current model and sell later updated models for a fee , that would be a good business idea.
- nothrowaways 4y agoExactly.
- NicoleJO 4y agoDisgusting behavior.