ARTIFICIAL intelligence has brought us generative AI chatbots that can be useful for many things, but they do pose some security issues.
There are security issues due to the level of data that ChatGPT uses and keeps stored – but there are ways to protect yourself.
The four essential changes were shared by computer security company McAfee on ChatGPT’s impact on privacy and how to protect yourself.
There are multiple ways that ChatGPT can affect your privacy.
ChatGPT uses your data without your permission as it gets all of its information from what is available on the internet.
It also keeps whatever you share with ChatGPT into a data bank so that it can enhance its information offerings later on.
If your information is stored in a data bank there is a risk of making it into a public domain.
When using ChatGPT, it will collect a lot of data about you such as your behavior, the type of content you engage with, IP addresses, and browser types, according to its privacy policy.
Lastly, if a data breach occurs for ChatGPT it could risk your information being leaked.
Here is a breakdown of four changes you can implement to protect yourself when using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, per McAfee.
1. WARY OF WHAT YOU SHARE
It is important to not share personal information with ChatGPT so that it does not become stored in its system and shared with criminals.
Sharing personal information with ChatGPT can come in multiple different scenarios depending on what you are using it for.
This includes other generative AI apps that have been showing up like dating apps and more.
2. DELETE CHAT HISTORY
ChatGPT stores all its conversations with users by default for 30 days.
You can delete your chat history to ensure that ChatGPT does not keep ahold of the chats.
3. BE ANONYMOUS
It has been recommended to set up an anonymous email to use when using ChatGPT and to keep your personal details to a minimum within that email.
This will help reduce the trail ChatGPT has access to.
4. STAY UP-TO-DATE
It is important to stay up to date with ChatGPT and other generative AI bots’ privacy and data policies.
This will help keep you informed on how your data is being managed.
