ChatGPT changing publishing personal chats policy
2025-08-02 00:01:29.756026+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Ars Technica: ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results
Fast Company exposed the privacy issue on Wednesday, reporting that thousands of ChatGPT conversations were found in Google search results and likely only represented a sample of chats "visible to millions." While the indexing did not include identifying information about the ChatGPT users, some of their chats did share personal details—like highly specific descriptions of interpersonal relationships with friends and family members—perhaps making it possible to identify them, Fast Company found.
Apparently it was opt-in through an anti-pattern that users didn't understand the implications of. But, ya know, they're ChatGPT users, soooo...
Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop links with
(Me: nothing to add here, it'd be like dynamiting fish in a barrel.)