Post by @protonprivacy@mastodon.social

2026-09-30 08:58 UTC

People don’t trust AI, but they tell it everything People discuss their most private thoughts with AI chatbots. But their revelations to the apps doesn’t mean they trust the Big Tech companies behind them, according to new research from Proton. Roughly two-thirds of AI chatbot users have discussed at least one sensitive topic. But at the same time, fewer than one in five say they have a high level of trust in AI companies to protect their private information. https://proton.me/blog/ai-chatbot-survey

Replies (5)

@androcat@toot.cat 2026-09-30 09:30

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social Meanwhile, AI companies have direct access to every prompt, and have used this to reverse-engineer scientific findings in order to "scoop" researchers stupid enough to use these programs...

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@nep@mstdn.ca 2026-09-30 09:32

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social Humans are really so darn inconsistent. They need help protecting privacy because it's hard to see it evaporate, and it's even harder to get it back.

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@kenokabe@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 10:21

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social 'Don't trust, but spill'. Might just be modern humans' digital survival strategy.

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@connynasch@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 10:26

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social I simply do not use it

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@Adniem@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 11:38

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social so that is why i think self hosting ai is a bit better and if i use OpenWebUI i can add memories for those conversions where i have to explain something to a ai model

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