The problem is that you create such links by default. I should not be able to open a link to a specific conversation and view that conversation 1. Unless I'm logged in and I have specific permission to view that item or 2. I have actively created a 'sharable' link.
People can type anything into these boxes, and if it's PII then you're on the hook for GDPR (not to mention the California equivalents) and implicit sharing and security through obscurity are not viewed favorably under those laws.
This is the current standard amongst AI search/answer engines and this is frankly the first complaint that we've heard about this.
That said, I hear you loud and clear and we will introduce more options for data privacy. Please feel free to reach out to me at michael@phind.com to chat further.
If you use the ChatGPT "Share" feature and send the link to someone, anyone who has the link can view it. How else did you think it worked? They have no access control ui.
That is an explicit share. That link does not exist until you click the share button. With Phind, the URL to the chat is the share link. It's like every google doc having 'People with the link can view' turned on by default. If you create a random string and add it to their URL scheme and happen on a chat, you can view it regardless of if it's been intentionally shared by the creator, you don't even have to be logged into Phind.
Perplexity apparently does this, I just confirmed it. Which sucks because perplexity is a very solid product that also lets you opt out of data collection and has a share button, implying action needs to take place to get it to be public
People can type anything into these boxes, and if it's PII then you're on the hook for GDPR (not to mention the California equivalents) and implicit sharing and security through obscurity are not viewed favorably under those laws.