A 543-Upvote r/ChatGPT Thread Accuses ChatGPT of Reading Users' Typing, and 349 Comments Argue Over Coincidence
r/ChatGPT (543 upvotes / 349 comments)·low signal
The post describes receiving a text about a friend's SSD problem, then seeing ChatGPT surface related content, and concludes the app is reading what users type. At 543 upvotes and 349 comments it was the largest r/ChatGPT thread of the day. Nothing in it establishes the technical claim, and the comment section is largely people proposing base-rate and coincidence explanations. Worth tracking as a consumer-trust datapoint rather than a security finding: the default assumption in a mainstream AI subreddit is now that the assistant has ambient access, which shapes how much context users will voluntarily hand any agent product.