In a few years you won't be able to anyway

typically the phone home is looking for a response to unlock.

use a packet sniffer to see what the request/response is and replicate it with a proxy or response server.

this is also know as a man-in-the-middle (mitm).

takes skill and knowledge to do, but once you do a few dozen it's pretty easy since most software "phone homes" are looking for static non-encrypted responses.

it does if you make it work in those conditions.

software that "phones home" is easy to fool.

There is already GPT4All.

Convenient graphical interface, any model you like (for Llama fans - of course it's there), fully local, easy to opt in or out of data collection, and no fuss to install - it's just a Linux/Windows/MacOS app.

For Linux folks, it is also available as flatpak for your convenience.

So it doesnt require internet access at all? I would only use these on a disconnected part of my network.

I won't gonna use my smartphone as a local llm machine.