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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago

ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

www.buchodi.com

beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago
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OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit. Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1413780/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector

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  • MrOtingocni@lemmy.world
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    Gross.

    This internet was a mistake. We need to burn it down and start over.

    • Tehdastehdas@piefed.social
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      You might like the original development track that some idiots killed:
      https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen
      (long story)

  • Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf
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    ChatGPT doesn’t know shit about me since I’ve never used it.

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    Hopefully uBO gets this into its default filters soon. Even if you don’t use chatgpt, non-chatgpt sites embed a tracker.

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    14 hours ago

    Is it a new tracker? Does it apply to the app only?

    • Rheinish@lemmy.world
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      As per the article, it is by itself not a new technology. Meta has been using this for years and is standard in the industry. So I’d wager most respectable browsers would have tracking prevention that stops this.

      What is new, and what this article talks about, is that ChatGPT can attach your browsing habits to things you’ve shared with ChatGPT itself. As in, possibly very private details about you and your life.

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