Password sharing is a very common practice in payment services, one that those services don’t like it at all. There are people who have thought that if they shared the Netflix password, why not do the same with ChatGPT or Claude. There are reasons why this is a very bad idea.
Goodbye privacy. Most people (myself included) have shared Netflix or Spotify passwords, where the worst that can happen is that you see your friend or family member’s viewing history. However, with an AI chatbot we share a lot more information, sometimes very sensitive. In it Wall Street Journal They tell of cases of several people who have had the most uncomfortable situations because they wanted to save money, such as a student who used ChatGPT to keep track of the symptoms of her Chron’s disease. His partner could see how many times he went to the bathroom and even know details of what each bowel movement was like.
Customization issues. They also talk about the problem of Olivia Martin, a nursing student who shares a ChatGPT Plus account with at least six other people. There have been no cases of sensitive information here, but rather the chatbot works fatally. The reason is that they receive very disparate data since each one studies one thing, which means that they sometimes answer things that go beyond the topic of their study. Another student tried to write a letter of recommendation and ended up mixing up everyone’s work experience. He describes it like this: “It’s gotten a little confusing, like I think I’m a mix of all my friends.”
Companies prohibit it. Both the ChatGPT terms of use as Claude’s They expressly prohibit the sharing of credentials with other people and warn that we are responsible for all activities carried out with our account. OpenAI does consider the possibility of us creating an account on behalf of another person, as long as they have authorized us to do so.
They know too much about us. Years ago we were surprised that companies like Google know everything about usbut with AI chatbots the level of information has multiplied. Google needs to deduce our likes and concerns from things like our history, our location, and our searches. There are people who talk to ChatGPT to ask for love adviceThey tell him their problems as if he were a psychologist and also as if it were a virtual doctor. They are not searches without context, they are private conversations with many details.
Incognito conversations. Sharing a ChatGPT or Claude account can make sense between people who are working on the same project, as long as we only use it for that. For more personal queries, both ChatGPT and Claude allow the creation of incognito chats that are not saved in memory, which prevents other users from seeing their content. Of course, he won’t be able to remember anything if you bring up the same topic again and you will have to explain everything to him again.
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