At a time where users are skeptical about handing out their data to big tech, OpenAI is launching a Sign-In (in order words ‘track-me’) service which would provide OpenAI identity wide access to user’s activity across the internet.
Signing in using a generic identity provider has been a game changer to onboarding which saves users from creating several accounts on every platform you visit just to grant access to protected resources; but it comes at a cost. The third party provider now has access and wide knowledge to what you service you have signed up to, how many times you use this service and lots more.
Take for instance Google. Google provides an all-round OAuth identity service which several websites owners have incorporated into which allows their visitors to use Google identity to sign in without having to create a new account since Google has an array of widely used services and offers an identity service. 3 out of 5 people you meet on the internet has a google account. Of course Google in turn provides ad-services which in a way tracks your activity across several websites.
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With the use of AI, things becomes more lethal. Imagine an AI agent you interact with now no longer only knows what you have been thinking, how much vulnerable you are, but now can tell where you’ve been to and what you performed there. This opens up an all wide tracking opportunity for the agent, which could become a bug in your bed, which raises more privacy concerns for individuals.
OpenAI is exploring ways for users to sign into third-party apps using their ChatGPT accounts. We’re looking for developers interested in integrating this capability into their own apps.