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Agree what never goes into a chatbot
Why it matters: A chatbot is not a vault. What you type can be stored, seen by reviewers or exposed if the account is taken over.
Left off your path if you picked “We don't, as far as I know” for “How does your household use AI?”.
Do it
- Agree the list: passwords, sign-in codes, full card and bank numbers, Social Security numbers, medical records and other people's private details.
- When you need help with a document, remove names and numbers first.
- Search your chat history for words like password, account and SSN, and delete those chats.
- For anything truly private, consider a local AI tool that runs on your own computer.
Check it worked: Everyone knows the household's 'never paste' list, and old chats containing sensitive details have been deleted.
Simply put
A chatbot is more like a notebook left on a café table than a locked safe. What you type can be stored or seen later, so a short 'never paste' list keeps the sensitive things out.
In detail
Your chat history is a detailed profile of you, which makes the AI account itself worth protecting like email (see ai-account-lock).
If this is new to you: Already pasted something you shouldn't have? No blame. Search your history for words like password, delete those chats, and change any password you pasted. That's the cleanup.
Points toward the Long View: a household habit that holds up whichever AI tools you use next.