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by quitit 315 days ago
Basically nothing: The angle being taken here seems to be that private or secret information was leaking out onto the web like a security flaw.

However that's clearly not the case as the user was already making the active choice of sharing those secrets or private information with another person. A person who: could copy or screenshot the information, or provide the link to another.

So the situation at hand is that the user was already willing to take on some risk to divulge that information.

This weighs against the arguments that "it's bad UX" and "maybe they don't understand what discoverable or web search means". - Both of which were already flimsy since "Discoverable" is basic comprehension, and we passed the bar for "web search" by knowing what ChatGPT is and how to use it.

There is a line where we need to allow the individual the freedom to have agency over their actions and the responsibility of the consequences of those actions.