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Local LLMs May Send Prompts to Cloud by Default

A discussion on Hacker News highlights that prompts submitted to local large language models (LLMs) may still be sent to the cloud by default. This raises concerns about privacy and data security when using local LLM implementations.

Topic: Open Source LLMs Source: Hacker News · github.com Published 2026-07-17 12:00 UTC Fetched 2026-07-17 13:19 UTC

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A discussion on Hacker News highlights that prompts submitted to local large language models (LLMs) may still be sent to the cloud by default. This raises concerns about privacy and data security when using local LLM implementations.

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Users relying on local LLMs for privacy may unknowingly expose their data to cloud services. Understanding this behavior is crucial for secure deployment of open source LLMs.

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