ChatGPT fans need 'defensive mindset' to avoid scammers and malware

ChatGPT fans need to adopt a "defensive mindset" because scammers have started using multiple methods to trick the bot's users into downloading malware or sharing sensitive information. Researchers with Unit 42 – Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence unit – this week published a report that found an 910 percent increase in …

[MOH]

Surely the same applies to people actually using ChatGPT, which is basically the equivalent of asking a random person on the internet for advice

[Graham Cobb]

Certainly true, but the article is warning about sites which steal stuff in the background, not just the stuff you tell them.

Unfortunately, most people will visit random sites on the web without taking any precautions. They think "private browsing" is for accessing porn, not the setting you should use for access to any new website.

[Michael Wojcik]

Not that "private browsing" will be much help if the user downloads malware from the site. Or enters sensitive information. Or does any of a thousand other things where "private browsing" doesn't offer any additional protection.

[Michael Wojcik]

which is basically the equivalent of asking a random person on the internet for advice

Some dude I saw online said it was fine.