[HN Gopher] ChatGPT's much-heralded Mac app was storing conversa...
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       ChatGPT's much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain
       text
        
       Author : pulisse
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-07-05 20:58 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | meisel wrote:
       | How uncommon is it for apps to store sensitive data in this way?
       | It wouldn't surprise me if this is a pretty common, albeit non-
       | ideal, practice. For example, where does chrome store browsing
       | history data?
        
         | mrtesthah wrote:
         | I literally don't know of any app that automatically encrypts
         | its own data aside from those that make it a selling point to
         | do so. For the most part that's completely unnecessary and
         | redundant, as it's handled automatically by the file system
         | when FileVault is enabled.
        
       | buffington wrote:
       | Honest question from someone who isn't an expert: why would they
       | need to encrypt that data on my machine?
       | 
       | If the concern is that someone might gain access to my computer
       | and see unencrypted things, what about all of the other things on
       | my machine that aren't encrypted?
        
       | jug wrote:
       | Don't rely on apps to enforce encrypted data at rest if you're
       | dealing with local data that would lead into problems if e.g.
       | your laptop is stolen.
       | 
       | This is already a solved problem with FileWarden, BitLocker, LUKS
       | etc. and commonly enforced in corporate environments through
       | group policies too...
        
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