ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Co Are Watching - Why NO Major AI Provider Is Safe and What You Can Easily Do About It

You think your chats with ChatGPT are private? Think again.

While you confide your problems to the AI, pitch business ideas, or upload sensitive documents, something happens in the background that most people don’t know: Your data is stored, analyzed, and – yes – often misused for training the next generation of AI.

And no, this doesn’t just affect ChatGPT. Gemini, Claude, Grok, Mistral, Perplexity, Deepseek – they all have privacy problems and want to train their models with your data.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth that Big Tech doesn’t want to tell you.

Red Flag #1: AI Training Enabled by Default

The biggest lie: “Your data isn’t used for training.”

The truth: Most major AI platforms use your data for training by default – unless you actively disable it. And even then, there are exceptions.

Here’s the proof:

ChatGPT: By default, ChatGPT stores everything – your messages, responses, and even uploaded files. OpenAI uses this data to refine models, ensure stability, and better understand how the tool is used. You can turn it off – but most users don’t even know that.
Gemini: Google has made its intentions with Gemini explicit – data is used for training, and the opt-out is anything but clear. If you use Gemini with your Google account, your entire digital life is potentially training material.
Claude: Anthropic recently changed its position. Previously, Claude was the privacy champion. Since 2025, users can actively opt-in for training – but it’s no longer off by default. If your conversations are flagged for Trust & Safety review, they can be used for training.
Perplexity, Deepseek & Co.: Most smaller AI providers are even worse. They often don’t have clear privacy policies, and your data ends up directly in the next training dataset.

The problem: Even if you find the option to disable training – it only applies to future chats. Everything you said before? Already in the system. Forever.

Red Flag #2: Plain-Text Storage – A Security Nightmare

ChatGPT stores your chats in plain text. OpenAI employees can access your data for various purposes, including security checks and model improvements.

What does that mean?

Your most intimate conversations with AI aren’t encrypted. They sit on servers – readable by:

✅ Company employees – for “quality control” ✅ Third-party trainers – who analyze your chats to improve the AI ✅ Security teams – who check “suspicious” requests ✅ Hackers – if there’s a data breach (and there WILL be breaches)

In early 2023, Samsung engineers used ChatGPT to debug sensitive source code. Within weeks, they discovered their data was compromised. Samsung immediately banned ChatGPT internally.

You think this doesn’t affect you? Wait until your health data, financial plans, or private thoughts appear in a leak.

ChatGPT and Grok have a handy feature: you can share chats publicly.

Sounds harmless? ChatGPT and Grok chats have already been victims of leaks, with very private chats indexed on Google and accessible to anyone.

This happens because:

Users forget that shared chats are PUBLIC
Google indexes these chats automatically
Private information ends up in search results – forever

Imagine: Your boss googles your name and finds a ChatGPT chat where you talk about your “toxic workplace.” Or a hacker finds a Grok chat with your password recovery questions.

The “Share” function alone is a high security risk for AI chats.

Red Flag #4: Advertising & Commercial Use

It gets worse.

Many AI platforms – especially consumer services – treat your data as the product being sold. Enterprise platforms sell privacy as a product, but consumer versions? Your data is the commodity.

What does that mean concretely?

Your chat content can be used for personalized advertising
Your interests, problems, and concerns are stored in profiles
These profiles are sold to advertising companies – legally and profitably

You’re not paying for the product. YOU ARE the product.

Red Flag #5: Employees Can Read EVERYTHING

It’s not entirely clear how your data is used outside of training purposes. Claude claims that only a limited number of employees have access to conversation data and it’s only retrieved for explicit business purposes.

”Limited number” and “explicit business purposes” are vague formulations.

In practice, this means:

Support teams can read your chats
Quality assurance teams analyze your requests
Trust & Safety teams search your conversations for “problematic content”
Data scientists use your chats for “research”

While companies claim to restrict access, there’s no transparent oversight. Every employee with access becomes a potential vulnerability.

Would you give a complete stranger access to your most private thoughts? That’s exactly what you’re doing when you use ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.

The Latest Proof: DHS Forces Access to ChatGPT Prompts

In case you still had doubts that AI chats aren’t secure:

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently obtained the first federal search warrant forcing OpenAI to identify a ChatGPT user and disclose their prompts.

The prompts? Completely harmless – science fiction questions and joke poems.

Nevertheless: OpenAI provided an Excel spreadsheet with user data.

An expert warns: “We’re watching a legal system that’s now starting to create a chain of evidence for thoughts, because this is a search warrant that’s effectively creating the foundation for regulating all AI intent logs.”

Your prompts are now evidence. Your thoughts are no longer private.

”But I Have Nothing to Hide!”

This is the most dangerous argument of all.

You don’t need to be a criminal to want privacy. Here are real scenarios where AI data collection can affect you:

Scenario 1: Job Discrimination You ask Claude how to deal with a toxic boss. Months later, your employer applies to a background check service that evaluates AI data. They see: “Conflict potential with superiors.” You don’t get the job.

Scenario 2: Political Persecution You ask Gemini for information on protest rights in your country. In 5 years, an authoritarian government comes to power. Your old AI chats are searched. You end up on a watchlist.

Scenario 3: Social Engineering & Account Hacks A hacker obtains ChatGPT logs. Your chats contain personal details – your first pet’s name, your favorite band from school, where you grew up. Perfect material for social engineering.

With this information, the hacker can:

Manipulate you specifically and get you to click phishing links
Guess your security questions for email accounts, banks, or social media
Impersonate you and exploit the trust of friends or colleagues
Bypass password recovery processes and penetrate your accounts

A single leaked chat log can be the key to your entire digital life – email, bank, social media, everything. And once a hacker has access to one account, it’s often just a matter of time before the rest falls.

”Nothing to hide” is a privilege you only have until the system is used against you.

What Can You Do NOW?

1. Switch to Privacy-Friendly AI Assistants

Not all AI is equal. There are alternatives that take privacy seriously:

✅ Encrypts your chats: Your chats can’t be read by anyone – not even by employees

✅ No training with your data: Never. No exceptions. No “legitimate interests”

✅ No logs: Your chats must be completely deletable immediately and without retention periods

✅ No share function: Prevents accidental public leaks

🔐 With privacy-friendly AI, you finally have peace of mind. You no longer have to constantly think about what you can share and what you can’t. You don’t have to worry that your chats will be used against you later. You’re simply free – free to use AI as it should be used: as a tool that serves YOU, not Big Tech. So take a closer look at privacy-friendly AI assistants like CamoCopy.

2. Treat Major AI Platforms Like Public Forums

If you still want to use ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, or Claude:

❌ Never share real names, addresses, or identification numbers

❌ Never mention passwords, API keys, or login credentials

❌ Never disclose health data or financial information

❌ Never upload company secrets or confidential documents

❌ Never write anything you wouldn’t post on Twitter

Assume EVERYTHING can become public.

3. Disable Training – NOW

If you continue to use major AI platforms:

ChatGPT: Settings → Data Controls → Turn off “Improve the model for everyone”
Claude: Settings → Privacy → Opt-out of training
Gemini: Google Account → Privacy → Turn off “Web & App Activity” (affects all Google services)

But beware: This only applies to FUTURE chats. Everything you said before is already in the system.

4. Delete Old Chats Regularly

ChatGPT stores data even after account deletion for 90 days. With other platforms, it’s similar or worse.

What to do?

Delete old chats regularly (weekly/monthly)
Use temporary accounts for sensitive requests
Request GDPR deletion of your data (if in EU)

5. Raise Awareness in Your Circle

Most people have NO idea how insecure AI chats are.

Share this article with friends, family, colleagues
Warn your team about sharing sensitive company data with AI
Demand your company only use enterprise solutions with real privacy contracts

The Hard Truth

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Co. are not private assistants. They are data collection machines.

They were developed to extract as much information as possible from you – and then monetize that data, use it for training, or pass it on to authorities upon request.

The AI market has split into two incompatible ecosystems. Consumer services, governed by non-negotiable terms of use, treat your data as the product being sold. Enterprise platforms, governed by legally binding data processing agreements, sell privacy itself as a product.

If you’re not paying for the product, YOU ARE the product.

Your Choice: Convenience or Privacy?

You can continue using ChatGPT and hope nothing goes wrong.

Or you can take back control of your data – before it’s too late.

Every chat you have is a choice:

Do you trust Big Tech with your most private thoughts?
Or do you choose tools that actually protect your privacy?

The clock is ticking. Your data is being collected NOW. Your profiles are being created NOW. Your AI chats are being evaluated NOW.

What will you do?

🔐 Experience true freedom with privacy-friendly AI: No more worries about what you can share. No fear of leaks. No hidden agenda. Just you and an AI that serves YOU – encrypted, without training, without logs. This is peace of mind. This is how AI should be. Here you can test CamoCopy for free and let yourself be convinced by truly privacy-friendly AI.