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I mean sure but if you get hacked (which will eventually happen to someone if this is rolled out) just having the information stored in the first place becomes a risk. So I think it is better to not have it in the first place.
~Anti~ ~Commercial-AI~ ~license~ ~(CC~ ~BY-NC-SA~ ~4.0)~
With this attitude there would be no progress ever.
I guess my question is progress towards what? I mean no one's gonna stop you its your own computer do what you want.
For me though it just isn't worth the risk.
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I misunderstood you. I thought you meant in general.