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Here's How to Remove Unnecessary Files from Your Android Phone's Web Browser

 

The web browser on your Android phone collects a significant amount of data from the websites you visit, much of which is unnecessary to keep on your device. Regardless of whether you use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Samsung Internet, this data, stored in cookies and cache, serves various purposes, such as enabling faster website loading and maintaining login sessions. However, a considerable portion of this data is superfluous and poses privacy risks.

Frequent clearing of your browser's cookies and cache is advisable due to the accumulation of unnecessary data, including transient junk and active tracking mechanisms from websites. These trackers often contribute to targeted advertising, where your browsing history influences the ads you encounter. For instance, after browsing online stores, you might notice advertisements tailored to your recent activities, like offers for eyeglasses or reminders of items in your shopping cart on Amazon.

Regularly clearing your cache helps eliminate unwanted data from your phone, especially if there are unidentified data trackers among your browser's cookies. Though clearing your cache may require you to log back into some websites, it's a minor inconvenience compared to the benefits of maintaining your phone's cleanliness and privacy.

The process for clearing cookies and cache varies depending on your phone's model and the web browser app you use. For Google Chrome, Samsung Internet, and Mozilla Firefox on Android devices, specific steps can be followed to clear this data effectively.

In Google Chrome, access the option to clear browsing data through the More menu or the Settings menu. For Samsung Internet, you can clear browsing data within the app or through your phone's Settings app, with options to delete various types of data, including cache and cookies. Mozilla Firefox offers extensive options for clearing browsing data, allowing users to delete specific types of data such as open tabs, browsing history, site permissions, and downloads, in addition to cookies and cached images and files. Additionally, Firefox provides an option to automatically delete browsing data upon quitting the app, enhancing privacy.

Both Chrome and Firefox offer basic and advanced settings for clearing browsing data, including options to specify the time range for deletion and to delete saved passwords and autofill form data. Chrome may prompt users regarding the importance of certain websites before clearing data, providing an opportunity to confirm the action.

Regularly clearing cookies and cache in your Android web browser is essential for maintaining privacy and optimizing device performance.

AI Image Generation Breakthrough Predicted to Trigger Surge in Deepfakes

 

A recent publication by the InstantX team in Beijing introduces a novel AI image generation method named InstantID. This technology boasts the capability to swiftly identify individuals and generate new images based on a single reference image. 

Despite being hailed as a "new state-of-the-art" by Reuven Cohen, an enterprise AI consultant, concerns arise regarding its potential misuse for creating deepfake content, including audio, images, and videos, especially as the 2024 election approaches.

Cohen highlights the downside of InstantID, emphasizing its ease of use and ability to produce convincing deepfakes without the need for extensive training or fine-tuning. According to him, the tool's efficiency in generating identity-preserving content could lead to a surge in highly realistic deepfakes, requiring minimal GPU and CPU resources.

In comparison to the prevalent LoRA models, InstantID surpasses them in identifiable AI image generation. Cohen, in a LinkedIn post, bids farewell to LoRA, dubbing InstantID as "deep fakes on steroids." 

The team's paper, titled "InstantID: Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds," asserts that InstantID outperforms techniques like LoRA by offering a 'plug and play module' capable of handling image personalization with just a single facial reference image, ensuring high fidelity without the drawbacks of storage demands and lengthy fine-tuning processes.

Cohen elucidates that InstantID specializes in zero-shot identity-preserving generation, distinguishing itself from LoRA and its extension QLoRA. While LoRA and QLoRA focus on fine-tuning models, InstantID prioritizes generating outputs that maintain the identity characteristics of the input data efficiently and rapidly.

The simplicity of creating AI deepfakes is underscored by InstantID's primary functionality, which centers on preserving identity aspects in the generated content. Cohen warns that the tool makes it exceedingly easy to engineer deepfakes, requiring only a single click to deploy on platforms like Hugging Face or replicate.