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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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Is this the first time you're hearing about that particular method of credential redistribution? People are putting all sorts of personal information and secrets into a chatbot conversation and any security advancements made by changing user sentiment has been one-shotted. It's a big problem that's just added onto the pile of other big problems and the sign by that pile that reads, "don't worry about it" just spontaneously caught fire.
Edit: adding this from Watchtowr as a prior example of extremely credulous user behavior that will certainly not inspire confidence, for which I am sorry.
"Is this the first time you're hearing about that particular method of sharing lewd imagery" he says about a man running butt-naked directly into the town square and screaming LOOK AT ME I AM BUTT-NAKED
Ye unfortunately it is. I mean it's obvious in hindsight someone would be this stupid, but jesus fucking christ
Post your credit card details to the blockchain while you're at it
Edit: read the Watchtowr post, jfc that's even fucking dumber, they explicitly fucking convert it to a saved URL?! My dudes. That's two galaxies and a nebula beyond "I accidentally 'git commit -am'med it"
The Watchtowr thing is totally "wallet inspectee in search of a wallet inspector" level of dumb.
One of the infosec folks I follow would post CVEs and the ones that were against AI or MCP systems were always this kind of thing. It's crazy because I don't think many other people express distrust about AI systems that are used for gatekeeping but I cannot trust them because waves hand at the everything.
Ahh, i knew there was a recent catastrophe involving people handing credentials and confidential information to third parties without a single thought or qualm, but couldn’t for the life of me remember what it was. Thanks!