Skysight and Privacy Implications
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A user discovered a "skysight" folder in their hidden ~/.codex directory, which records their computer activities in 10-minute increments when the GPT app is open. This feature, intended to provide context for user requests, logs actions like "User went to Safari and went to...". The user found that this data is sent to OpenAI servers, even if the "use my chats for making models better" toggle is off, raising significant privacy concerns about the extent of data collection and transmission.
I am not sure if this has been documented by anyone else as of late, but in looking through my hidden ~/.codex under memories a saw an interesting folder called "skysight". I do have ComputerUse enabled, and from the files included there, if the GPT app is open it follows and records everything you do. It will, in detail, state your actions "User went to Safari and went to..." in 10 minute increments. It is supposed to provide additional context on "I need help on the doc I just had open..." requests. However, when I asked GPT about it (although id already read the instructions.md which stated how to talk to a user if asked about Skysight) the most troubling thing is that this information does not always stay local. It is sent to the OpenAi servers even if you toggle off use my chats for "making models better" turned off. GPT stated even with that toggle off it can't be sure. Now for the most part, I don't provide super personal information to GPT, I have used the "hey I have autism please provide better output" trick (or maybe I am an autist) and when I asked GPT to summarize the most private memories it has of me this was one of them. Just FYI, when you have the app open its logging everything you do.