Malware can already phone home to a centralized model — no reason to run an LLM on every node
tobowers · x · 2026-10-13
tobowers argues that traditional malware can already phone home to a powerful centralized model for instructions, so there's no obvious reason to run an entire LLM on every compromised device. His core question: what exactly does adding an LLM enable that existing malware can't already accomplish?
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