Oh great. Everyone has at least one contact that will trade privacy for convenience. Contact harvesting is why I'm not on WhatsApp any more.
this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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to see if any of your friends are using the #chatbot or any other #OpenAI product
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This is one the major reasons I always ask doctors, lawyers, etc when they ask for private numbers like SSN or phone the reason they want it. They keep adding AI to their bullshit practice that I fear they will leak my info. I refuse to use any service that demands SSN, they can bill without it, it only saves them like 10 seconds of searching.
People have been mindlessly sharing their contacts with every app and service for years. This makes no difference.
Sure, but many likely have that contact saved with Google, so it's not like they were secret to begin with.
what the hell? I don't use ChatGPT with what right they will store my number?
The right of being a billion dollar corporation.
A billion is just paper until you have to answer to shareholders and post real profits.
It's opt in even if you don't.
Those are not my friends.
They really are getting desparate for money
It was already the case with all other privacy-invading shit and no one cared so I don't see what's different now.