Re:Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
by Aerroon on Thursday November 13, 2025 @07:15AM
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>The only potential issue is them finding something juicy in someone's chat, that they could publish as a story; and then claiming they found out about this juicy story through other means, (such as a confidential informant)
Which is concerning since this is a news organization that's getting the data.
Let's say they do find some juicy detail and use it, then what? Nothing. It's not like you can ever fix a privacy violation. Nobody involved would get a serious punishment, like prison time, either.
Re:Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
by freejazz on Thursday November 13, 2025 @10:02AM
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>Let's say they do find some juicy detail and use it, then what? Nothing. It's not like you can ever fix a privacy violation. Nobody involved would get a serious punishment, like prison time, either.
There are no privacy violations. OpenAI already told the court they anonymized it. What they say in court and what they say in the blog is different and so many people here are (unfortunately) falling for it!
They can't use this data against any individual, even if they explicitly asked, "How do I hack the NYT?"
The only potential issue is them finding something juicy in someone's chat, and then claiming they found out about this juicy story through other means, but that's not likely an issue for the average punter to be concerned about.