OpenAI ChatGPT app on macOS is not sandboxed

calendar Jul 5, 2024  ·
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The OpenAI ChatGPT app on macOS is not sandboxed and stores all the conversations in plain-text in a non-protected location:

~/Library/Application\ Support/com.openai.chat/conversations-{uuid}/

So basically any other running app / process / malware can read all your ChatGPT conversations without any permission prompt.

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