[127361]

It would be much nicer if this ran locally. That way you can say anything you want to it, without ever the possibility of someone policing it.

[cyanydeez]

I mean, assuming you know everything your hardware is doing.

but yeah, the need for privacy is oddly intertwined with AI features.

[127361]

Yes, I assume the hardware is not compromised, which is much easier to detect.

[squigz]

Is it though? How would you personally detect compromised hardware?

[127361]

Minimizing all software phoning home as much as possible, and then watching for suspicious network activity.

Also dumping the flash* contents out with JTAG. And even better than that, physically disabling the network interfaces completely and not ever connecting the device to the Internet at all.

* = also the eMMC controller internal firmware, this is where a sophisticated implant will likely reside

It's also very unlikely that the hardware would be compromised, the government doesn't want to waste a potentially high value exploit on ordinary people. If they do, they risk having their exploit captured and exposed, and thus wasting it.

[cyanydeez]

heck, how would you detect compromised models?