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# OpenAI's ChatGPT Now Logs Every Keystroke and Click on Your Mac
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/openais-chatgpt-now-logs-every-keystroke-and-click-on-your-mac/
- Published: 2026-08-17T16:10:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-17T16:10:12.000Z
- Description: OpenAI is betting consumers will trade surveillance for convenience by recording everything you type and do on your computer—stored unencrypted and accessible through your ChatGPT account.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, privacy, attention economy, trust

Source: [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-chatgpt-computer-history-mac-keystrokes?ref=adjacent.media)

OpenAI is betting consumers will trade surveillance for convenience by recording everything you type and do on your computer—stored unencrypted and accessible through your ChatGPT account. The feature gambles that the friction of opt-out (rather than opt-in) protection will normalize keystroke logging as the price of AI assistance, setting a precedent that other AI companies will likely follow. The move reveals a structural shift in what "free" consumer AI actually costs, and whether regulatory frameworks can catch up to companies shipping monitoring infrastructure first.