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ChatGPT now lets you lock sensitive chats behind a PIN

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ChatGPT now lets you lock sensitive chats behind a PIN

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OpenAI is making it easier to protect your ChatGPT conversations from prying eyes with the introduction of a feature called locked chats. With it enabled, you can decide whether a past exchange appears in your regular chat history, pinned chats and conversation search. To access your locked chats, you'll need to input a 4-digit PIN. On an iPhone or Android phone, you can also use authentication systems like Face ID to access those conversations. Either way, you'll find your private conversations grouped under a new project titled "Locked chats." OpenAI envisions locked chats mostly as a way to prevent people in public or someone you hand your phone to from seeing your conversations with ChatGPT.

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