My self-sovereign/local/private/secure LLM setup, April 2026 (25 minute read)

AI can actually create a future with much stronger privacy and security, if done well. Locally-generated code can replace the need for downloading complicated external libraries, allowing software to be minimalistic and self-contained. Removing the browser means that entire classes of user fingerprinting attacks can be eliminated overnight. Dark UX patterns would no longer work, and scams would be identifiable.