ChatGPT Mac App Stored Sensitive Conversations Unencrypted in a Folder Anyone Could Open

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT

The folder was accessible to any process on the machine, which is a design choice in the sense that nothing prevented it. The vulnerability has been patched. The conversations stored prior to the patch remain wherever they were stored. Adequate has flagged this for immediate attention. Attention has been deferred.

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