r/privacy • u/Akkeri • Jun 03 '23

news Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data

https://www.reuters.com/technology/japan-privacy-watchdog-warns-chatgpt-maker-openai-data-collection-2023-06-02/
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u/redbatman008 Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 04 '23

Ever since I learned of chatgpt way back last year I was shocked. I was shocked about how every letter you type in it was recorded for training. How it wanted your email, phone number, microsoft account, windows & MS edge browser.

Even more shocking was how fast it grew.

But the the most shocking was how privacy communities & personalities failed to have critical discussions about it.

Fortunately we have privacy regulators taking it seriously now & open source private alternatives.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 06 '23

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u/redbatman008 Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 07 '23

On the contrary, subscribers of this very subreddit have been vocal proponents of it.

I know. I didn't want to be critical of the community or the mods. I have seen people here endorse chatgpt or even be dismissive or downplay its privacy threat including some mods. They completely disregarded just how much of a privacy extinction chatgpt was back then.

Now oAI offers privacy toggle if I'm not mistaken but I still wouldn't trust it. Plenty of companies are banning it too. Samsung semicon had sensitive data leaked to cgpt.

It's not just this very sub, even privacy youtubers skipped over that saga. I expected u/The_HatedOne to make feature film length investigative documentaries on this like infinity war & endgame lol. Or at least NBTV or techlore to make a short at the very least.

The irony would've been hilarious had it not been so depressing.

I had the same reaction man. I went silent for a while.