Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts AI Chats_SCHNEIER:296B983F93CF28DFEBC19141CE0D134E

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    "description": "This is pretty scary:\n\n> Urban VPN Proxy targets conversations across ten AI platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok (xAI), Meta AI.\n> \n> For each platform, the extension includes a dedicated \"executor\" script designed to intercept and capture conversations. The harvesting is enabled by default through hardcoded flags in the extension's configuration.\n> \n> There is no user-facing toggle to disable this. The only way to stop the data collection is to uninstall the extension entirely.\n> \n> [\u2026]\n> \n> The data collection operates independently of the VPN functionality. Whether the VPN is connected or not, the harvesting runs continuously in the background.\n> \n> [\u2026]\n> \n> What gets captured:\n> \n>   * Every prompt you send to the AI  \n>  Every response you receive\n> \n>   * Conversation identifiers and timestamps \n>   * Session metadata \n>   * The specific AI platform and model used \n\nBoing Boing post.",
    "published": "2025-12-24T12:03:03",
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