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I Tested the Mentary AI Demo's "0 bytes transmitted" Claim. It Holds Up — Here's What I Checked.

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I Tested the Mentary AI Demo's "0 bytes transmitted" Claim. It Holds Up — Here's What I Checked. Every local-AI product page I land on makes the same four promises: "no external API calls" "no telemetry" "100% local processing" "zero network activity" Usually one of them is copy-paste decoration. S…

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  1. 2026-10-24 23:00 · DEV Community — AI
    I Tested the Mentary AI Demo's "0 bytes transmitted" Claim. It Holds Up — Here's What I Checked.

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