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PRIVACY WATCH GENERAL

ChatGPT's new Computer History tracks your Mac activity to create a timeline - but should you let it?

Rolling out to ChatGPT's Mac app, Computer History creates a timeline from your activities across the apps and websites you use on your Mac. Is that a privacy risk?

Source: ZDNET AI · zdnet.com Published 2026-08-14T16:00:16+00:00 Detected 2026-08-14T17:17:45+00:00
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Rolling out to ChatGPT's Mac app, Computer History creates a timeline from your activities across the apps and websites you use on your Mac. Is that a privacy risk?

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Signal Strength 88% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 53 Category PRIVACY Reader Depth GENERAL

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Public Interest components
Recognizable Entity Score 89 Practical Impact Score 0 Novelty Interest Score 94 Consequence Score 34 Curiosity Score 0 Shareability Score 65

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