News · curated 14 Aug 2026
OpenAI ditches Recall-style screenshot surveillance for friendly keylogging
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OpenAI's 'Computer History' keylogging feature creates a rich local store of user activity that is unencrypted and feeds ChatGPT memory, expanding the attack surface for prompt injection and data exfiltration against AI assistants.
OpenAI's new opt-in 'Computer History' feature for the ChatGPT macOS desktop app captures user interaction events (clicks, typing, keyboard shortcuts, app switches) via macOS accessibility APIs, turning them into text summaries and local memory files to build ChatGPT memories. The Register notes the files are stored unencrypted locally for up to 48 hours, are accessible to other programs running as the same user, and increase the user's exposure to prompt injection.