Chatbots are terrible at keeping secrets. If you tell something personal to Gemini, ChatGPT, or another chatbot, pretty soon chatbots all over the world know about it. The information you thought was private is now part of worldwide chatbot training. Your information may also be read by human reviewers, people you don’t know.
Here are things you should not share with chatbots:
- Login information. (This should be a “DUH!” suggestion.)
- Personally identifiable information (PII). Never share anything that could be used to steal your identity.
- Financial information. Sharing this invites fraud, theft, and use by scammers.
- Medical records. You would not want that information shared in case of a data breach.
- Mental health concerns. Chatbots are not therapists. Go for real human interaction for mental health support.
- Photos. Image metadata can provide your GPS location.
- Documents from work. Your company may have a policy about what can be shared publicly through a chatbot.
How to protect your privacy?
- Think before you share anything with AI.
- Enable all privacy settings, including data sharing and training opt-outs.
- Don’t upload images of people, especially minors.
- Strip EXIF data
Always be aware that your conversations with AI are never private or secure.
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