Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

    tldr

    • it affects the desktop app of chatgpt, but likely any client that features long term memory functionality.
    • does not apply to the web interface.
    • does not apply to API access.
    • the data exfiltration is visible to the user as GPT streams the tokens that form the exfiltration URL as a (fake) markdown image.