Skysight and Privacy Implications

[u/Which-Bandicoot5671]

I am not sure if this has been documented by anyone else as of late, but in looking through my hidden ~/.codex under memories a saw an interesting folder called "skysight". I do have ComputerUse enabled, and from the files included there, if the GPT app is open it follows and records everything you do. It will, in detail, state your actions "User went to Safari and went to..." in 10 minute increments. It is supposed to provide additional context on "I need help on the doc I just had open..." requests. However, when I asked GPT about it (although id already read the instructions.md which stated how to talk to a user if asked about Skysight) the most troubling thing is that this information does not always stay local. It is sent to the OpenAi servers even if you toggle off use my chats for "making models better" turned off. GPT stated even with that toggle off it can't be sure. Now for the most part, I don't provide super personal information to GPT, I have used the "hey I have autism please provide better output" trick (or maybe I am an autist) and when I asked GPT to summarize the most private memories it has of me this was one of them. Just FYI, when you have the app open its logging everything you do.

[u/Apprehensive_Tear950]

that's wild, i found the same folder in my \~/.codex couple weeks ago and thought it was just some leftover from a test feature. the 10 minute logs creeped me out the most, like it's literally writing a diary of what you do on your own machine. and the fact it ships that off regardless of the toggle setting is the part that should make people actually angry

[u/madscene]

It seems like you have to enable "Computer History" to have this log, not just "Computer Use." It's off by default. I have Computer Use enabled and don't have this folder (~/.codex/memories/extensions/skysight)
https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/customization/computer-history

edit: add link to docs