Ollama Says Defensive Work Can Use Local Models or Cloud With Zero Data Retention

What happened

Defensive work shouldn’t mean sending sensitive data somewhere you don’t control. You can run open models locally with Ollama, or on Ollama’s cloud with zero data retention.

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The story so far

Ollama promoted running open models locally or through its cloud for defensive security work, saying its cloud offers zero data retention. The company framed these options as ways to handle sensitive data, arguing that defensive work should not require sending that data somewhere users do not control.