Tag

privacy

3 entries tagged privacy.

Computing & AI

AI & Language Models

  • Why Local vs Cloud AI Models DifferRunning an AI model locally versus through a cloud service changes where the weights and computation live, which in turn changes privacy, latency, hardware limits, cost structure, and model choice.

Practical World

Privacy & Tracking

  • First-Party vs Third-Party Tracking“First party” and “third party” describe who is interacting with you in the current site context, not whether the tracking is good or bad.
  • VPNs: What They Hide and Do Not HideA VPN creates an encrypted tunnel from your device to a VPN provider, then sends your internet traffic onward from the provider's network.