You can now protect your ChatGPT account with a special USB-key
OpenAI has introduced Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT, allowing users to protect their accounts with physical security keys. The feature disables password logins, shortens session lengths, and excludes conversations from model training by default. While aimed at enhancing security, it disables email and SMS recovery, meaning lost keys result in permanent account loss.
- ▪Advanced Account Security disables password-based login and requires passkeys or physical security keys.
- ▪Sessions are shorter and users receive alerts when someone signs into their account.
- ▪Conversations from secured accounts are automatically excluded from model training.
- ▪Email and SMS account recovery are disabled, making lost keys irreversible.
- ▪OpenAI has partnered with Yubico to offer discounted YubiKey bundles for easier adoption.
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If you’ve ever worried about someone getting into your ChatGPT account, ChatGPT account, OpenAI has finally introduced something worth paying attention to. The company has rolled out a new opt-in feature called Advanced Account Security, and it is exactly what it sounds like. You can now lock down your account using a physical security key, which is now available to regular ChatGPT users. What happens when you turn it on The feature bundles several protections together rather than making you hunt through settings menus. Password-based login is disabled entirely and replaced by passkeys or physical security keys. Session lengths get shorter, so a stolen login can’t be used indefinitely. You get alerts when someone signs into your account.
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