ChatGPT can log into your web accounts without you now - but should you let it?
OpenAI's agentic ChatGPT Work can sign in to your online accounts without any interaction on your part. Is that a privacy risk?
ChatGPT can now automatically log into your web accounts through its built-in browser, using cookies to store login credentials. This feature, available in the agentic ChatGPT Work for Pro and Plus accounts, stores your login information after the first successful login. Subsequent logins to the same site are automatic, without prompting for username or password.
However, this convenience comes with privacy concerns. OpenAI claims ChatGPT does not view your credentials and the AI asks for confirmation before consequential actions, but experts caution that once authenticated, the AI could pose a security risk. It is recommended to use this feature cautiously, limiting it to lower-stakes sites and regularly deleting stored cookies.
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