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If you have individual conversations alongside ChatGPT that you don't desire others to see, you can now add an additional tier of safety for those particular chats. The new Locked Chats feature allows you to conceal delicate conversations rearward a four-digit document PIN (or biometric authentication on mobile), definition others alongside admission to your equipment or display can't peruse them.
Locked chats are retained in your conversation history—unlike impermanent chats, which are personal conversations that aren't saved by default—so you can come back to or continue them at any point. However, formerly locked, they are hidden from your regular conversation history, pinned chats, and regular conversation search. To admission them, you have to go to Projects > Locked chats and act your PIN or equipment unlock method (such as Face ID or Touch ID).
How to set up Locked Chats on ChatGPT
To commencement a locked conversation for the archetypal time, open an existing conversation that you desire to keep personal and open the options menu. Select Lock conversation > Lock chat and create or act your document PIN. This moves the conversation to your locked chats project. You can reiterate this alongside any existing conversation or commencement a locked conversation from scratch under Projects > Locked Chats by entering your PIN or authentication method and typing a communication to initiate the chat. When you're done, choose Lock now to end admission to locked chats and conceal them from the sidebar.
Note that if you don't already have an document PIN set up, you have to be prompted to do so the archetypal period you attempt to fastener a chat. Select Create a PIN, act your four-digit code, and act it again to confirm. You can additionally allow biometric authentication in Account PIN settings. If you reset your document PIN at any point, all locked chats are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
Locked chats are accessible on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu plans on the two mobile and desktop apps. The characteristic is not accessible for ChatGPT for Healthcare. There are another limitations, too: For example, temporary, archived, and collection chats can't be locked, nor can those alongside shared links, scheduled and backdrop tasks, or gathering recordings. OpenAI says locked chats are rolling out gradually, so they may not be accessible to all users yet.
Locked chats are not encrypted
While locked chats do add a tier of privacy in conditions of how conversations appear on your device, they are not abruptly encrypted or alternatively protected from being retained or used by OpenAI. As the assistance leaf notes, locked chats are not encrypted end to end or placed in a distinct encrypted vault, and locking a conversation does not power another privacy settings, specified as Improve the example for everyone (which can be turned off in Settings > Data controls) or eliminate data ChatGPT already knows concerning you.
Emily Long is a freelance author based in Salt Lake City.
