I’ve been play around with ollama. Given you download the model, can you trust it isn’t sending telemetry?

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    you can check the process to see if its communicating at all. none of the big ones do. its possible someone could be fucking with the file though, before the safetensors format this was a big issue, and still sort of is afterwards. only DL from reputable sources

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      Can’t you run if from a container? I guess the will slow it down, but it will deny access to your files.

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        yeah you could. though i dont see any evidence that the large open source llm programs like jan.ai or ollama are doing anything wrong with their program or files. chucking it in a sandbox would solve the problem for good though

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          You could use “Alpaca” flatpak and remove the internet access with flatseal after having downloaded the model. (Linux)

          Or deny the app’s access to internet in app settings. (Android)