The expert told OpenAI that the chatbot stores all dialogue locally on the computer in plain, unencrypted text. Vieito demonstrated how a hypothetical hacker could open all the data and steal confidential information if it was in the text.
He immediately contacted the developers of ChatGPT and showed how he got access to the correspondence using a third-party application.
OpenAI later commented on the issue, saying that they had released a new version of the app where all correspondence was encrypted. “We are aware of the issue and have already released a new version of the app where all correspondence is encrypted,” OpenAI said.
Source: Ferra
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