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What is Computer History?

OpenAI's new 'Computer History' feature for Mac is designed to track your computer activity. It's meant to help ChatGPT understand your daily use, but the story highlights a major privacy risk. The tool creates unencrypted memory files on your Mac, which could be exploited by hackers to map out your digital life.

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ChatGPT's new Mac feature could help hackers steal your data

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