Topic: user privacy concerns
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Dating App Tea Exposes 72K User Images in Security Breach
A popular dating app experienced a major security breach, exposing 72,000 user images, including verification selfies, photo IDs, and shared content. The company has engaged cybersecurity experts to address the vulnerability, but some leaked images have already appeared on online forums. The brea...
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Sam Altman: ChatGPT Isn't Confidential for Therapy Use
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns that ChatGPT lacks confidentiality protections, unlike human therapists, raising privacy concerns for users sharing personal struggles. Users increasingly turn to ChatGPT for emotional support, but without legal frameworks, chat logs could be disclosed in lawsuits or i...
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Gemini Can Access Third-Party Apps on Android Unless You Act
Google's Gemini AI now accesses third-party apps on Android by default, overriding prior user settings unless manually adjusted, even for previously disabled permissions. Google's notification states human reviewers may process Gemini-accessed data, retaining it for up to 72 hours, while unclear ...
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NYT to Access Deleted ChatGPT Logs After Court Win Over OpenAI
A US court has ordered OpenAI to indefinitely preserve all ChatGPT logs, including deleted conversations, amid a copyright dispute with media organizations alleging paywall circumvention. The court dismissed OpenAI's privacy objections, citing its own terms allowing data retention for legal cases...
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Facebook Using Private Photos to Train AI Without Consent
Facebook is accessing users' private, unpublished photos through a "cloud processing" feature, expanding its AI training practices beyond public images, with opt-in prompts that may be easily overlooked. The feature grants Meta broad rights to analyze personal details in private photos, but the c...
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Meta AI Wants Access to Your Unshared Camera Roll Photos
Meta is testing an AI feature that requests access to users' entire camera rolls to generate AI-enhanced content, analyzing unshared photos based on timestamps, locations, and objects. Critics raise concerns about privacy, as Meta's terms allow facial recognition, image modification, and potentia...
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Sam Altman Advocates 'AI Privilege' Amid OpenAI Court Order
ChatGPT users found their deleted conversations were retained due to a court order in a copyright lawsuit, raising privacy and transparency concerns. OpenAI quietly preserved chat logs since mid-May 2025 without immediate user notification, sparking backlash and debates over AI data retention pol...
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OpenAI Faces Backlash Over ChatGPT Log Retention Order
OpenAI is appealing a court order to retain ChatGPT user logs indefinitely, including deleted conversations, due to a legal dispute over alleged copyright violations in generated content. The mandate affects ChatGPT Free, Plus, and Pro users, but excludes Enterprise, Edu, and Zero Data Retention ...
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OpenAI Fights Court Order to Preserve All ChatGPT Logs
OpenAI is contesting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user interactions, arguing it violates privacy and stems from speculative copyright infringement claims by media outlets. The company claims the preservation mandate was issued hastily, unfairly restricting its ability to honor user priva...
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Signal Blocks Windows Recall Over Microsoft's Lack of Options
Signal blocks Windows 11's Recall feature from capturing its desktop app by default, citing privacy risks to sensitive conversations despite Microsoft's revisions. Windows users must manually adjust settings to allow Recall captures, as Signal claims Microsoft failed to provide adequate safeguard...
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