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ChatGPT Mac App saved plain text chats to local files, updated version resolves the issue

If you downloaded and began playing around with the ChatGPT app for Mac recently, you might want to download the update. According to The Verge, developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito noted that the app was locally storing users’ conversations with the chatbot in unencrypted plain text. “I was curious about why OpenAI opted out of […]

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Facebook confirms millions of Instagram users’ passwords were stored on company servers in an unencrypted format

And the hits just keep on coming for Facebook. As of March, Facebook announced that millions of its users’ passwords had been stored on company servers with no encryption. The company also stated that “tens of thousands” of Instagram passwords were also stored in the same unencrypted format. This number has now proven to amount […]

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Security hole found in FileVault under Mac OS X 10.7.3

Ok, this isn’t the best news in the world… Per Crytome, Apple’s legacy FileVault Mac encryption system in OS X 10.7.3 has a security flaw that could allow malicious users to access stored passwords. According to the post, the issue only applies in specific configurations to users who have updated to OS X 10.7.3, in […]