I don't trust them either, but the same Google makes Gemma 4 available to run as locally and privately as you want, and those models are pretty amazing for their size.
Both can be true: they give a nice local model so you find it useful AND the chrome harness captures every token in and out for exfiltration.
Both can be true: they give a nice local model so you find it useful AND the chrome harness captures every token in and out for exfiltration.