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> This setting does not sync across browsers or devices. You will have to disable chat & history on each device/browser.

I wonder whether this is a dark pattern or if there is a good reason for it.

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This is what I meant by:

> This setting is saved only on your device, not OpenAIs servers. So, it's difficult for you to proof that you disabled the flag (if OpenAI is audited, they can say they never received prompt queries that asked for respecting the users' privacy).

Ah I see. You're right, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced it's an intentional dark pattern.

What's also interesting is that my post was trending in the Ask section on hackernews and suddenly disappeared from there.

It might be a conspiracy, or it might just be a lot of users going "well, duh?" or disagree with your notion. At least you can control what you put into the system, where companies like Google vacuum every behaviour from your emails, browser history, location data etc. That doesn't make ChatGPT any less problematic in terms of privacy, but I certainly don't think it's the "biggest privacy disaster ever".

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