Stefan Hecht

@hecht
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creative director with passion for design. architecture. typography. art. theatre. swimming. yoga. vegan. 🌱 🌈
URLhttps://www.substanz.design
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Stefan Hecht2d ago
BasicAppleGuy2d ago
Downloaded Little Snitch to get a better look at my outgoing traffic and maybe manage it more carefully, only to discover Adobe has 5–10 processes constantly pinging servers every 2–3 seconds, even when every Adobe app appears to be closed.
Show threadStefan Hecht2d ago
@timo Ich musste diese Woche wegen einem alten Kartendrucker ein 2012er MacbookPro finden, und dort dann Snow Leopard installieren 😅🫠
Show threadStefan Hecht5d ago
@daringfireball Haha. The shoutout to Alan Dye 🙏🏻
Stefan HechtMay 5
nixCraft 🐧May 5

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.

That is the true definition of malware.

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.

That Privacy Guy!
Stefan HechtApr 19
Tim Bray 🇨🇦Apr 18

Adobe Has Run Out of Allies | PetaPixel
https://petapixel.com/2026/04/18/adobe-has-run-out-of-allies/

Disclosure: Former ally.

Adobe Has Run Out of Allies

Shifting priorities and a move to appeal to B2B has left Adobe alone. Now as enemies gather at its gates, it has run out of allies.

PetaPixel
Show threadStefan HechtApr 14
@timo Hast du eigentlich mal eine Umfrage gemacht, wie viele BuS Hörende eine VisionPro haben? Nur mal so als „Messwert“ :)
Stefan HechtApr 13
Robert PickeringApr 13
If the Pope is now considered part of the radical left, I think we need to look at just how far the overton window has moved.
Stefan HechtApr 10
ScalziApr 9
This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen
Stefan HechtApr 7
Eugen RochkoApr 7
Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
Show threadStefan HechtApr 3
@iPhoneBlog_Link Geiler letzter Satz!