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171 Your Friends Could Be Sharing Your Phone Number with ChatGPT

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 02/14/2026 21:34 EDT

Your Friends Could Be Sharing Your Phone Number with ChatGPT

"ChatGPT is getting more social," reports PC Magazine, "with a new feature that allows you to sync your contacts to see if any of your friends are using the chatbot or any other OpenAI product..."


It's "completely optional," [OpenAI] says. However, even if you don't opt in, anyone with your number who syncs their contacts are giving OpenAI your digits. "OpenAI may process your phone number if someone you know has your phone number saved in their device's address book and chooses to upload their contacts,"

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