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So this article is telling us that the iPhone app for ChatGPT is communicating with the ChatGPT APIs and therefore has the same privacy problems as the website

So this article is telling us that the iPhone app for ChatGPT is communicating with the ChatGPT APIs and therefore has the same privacy problems as the website or a third party app? Feels kind of like someone was forced to write an article about this and had nothing really to say that hasn't been said dozens of times in other articles about ChatGPT already. PS - The biggest thing ChatGPT is currently missing is the ability to read out answers.

prophesi 3y ago
And I'd also argue that the official ChatGPT app is still better than users searching for ChatGPT on an app store and downloading an unofficial app with an even sketchier privacy policy / ads / malware.
- h4x0rr 3y ago
  Although i don't know why you would want an app if the website works perfectly
skilled 3y ago
TechRadar should be auto-ghosted on HN. It's a trash editorial run by incompetent editors who don't bother with acknowledging criticism. According to TR, the best web development tool in 2023 is Sketch and InVision. Neither are related to development, and Sketch is a Mac OS only app on top of that. These are the same idiots who you can thank for Google search results being as dogshit as they are. The said tools article is ranked on first page by Google.
tailspin2019 3y ago
> So this article is telling us that the iPhone app for ChatGPT is communicating with the ChatGPT APIs and therefore has the same privacy problems as the website or a third party app? I would frame it like this: It's not telling us, but it's telling our less tech-savvy friends and family to be cautious. Not everyone will be as clear yet on how this all works and what it actually means to type text into ChatGPT, compared to the understanding that many of us here all have. I think its a point worth repeating at this early stage.
AndrewKemendo 3y ago
1. I agree with your PS. If it had voice to text and text to voice it would legit be Jarvis. 2. There's a lot of discussion about data staying "on your device" lately and non-technical people may not understand the nuances. So a lot of people may not realize that - yes that data is going off device and might benefit from the article

prophesi 3y ago

And I'd also argue that the official ChatGPT app is still better than users searching for ChatGPT on an app store and downloading an unofficial app with an even sketchier privacy policy / ads / malware.

h4x0rr 3y ago
Although i don't know why you would want an app if the website works perfectly

skilled 3y ago

TechRadar should be auto-ghosted on HN. It's a trash editorial run by incompetent editors who don't bother with acknowledging criticism. According to TR, the best web development tool in 2023 is Sketch and InVision. Neither are related to development, and Sketch is a Mac OS only app on top of that. These are the same idiots who you can thank for Google search results being as dogshit as they are. The said tools article is ranked on first page by Google.

tailspin2019 3y ago

> So this article is telling us that the iPhone app for ChatGPT is communicating with the ChatGPT APIs and therefore has the same privacy problems as the website or a third party app? I would frame it like this: It's not telling us, but it's telling our less tech-savvy friends and family to be cautious. Not everyone will be as clear yet on how this all works and what it actually means to type text into ChatGPT, compared to the understanding that many of us here all have. I think its a point worth repeating at this early stage.

AndrewKemendo 3y ago

1. I agree with your PS. If it had voice to text and text to voice it would legit be Jarvis. 2. There's a lot of discussion about data staying "on your device" lately and non-technical people may not understand the nuances. So a lot of people may not realize that - yes that data is going off device and might benefit from the article