{"id":301,"date":"2025-12-24T13:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:02:06","slug":"urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts AI Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koi.ai\/blog\/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection\">pretty scary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Urban VPN Proxy targets conversations across ten AI platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok (xAI), Meta AI.<\/p>\n<p>For each platform, the extension includes a dedicated \u201cexecutor\u201d script designed to intercept and capture conversations. The harvesting is enabled by default through hardcoded flags in the extension\u2019s configuration.<\/p>\n<p>There is no user-facing toggle to disable this. The only way to stop the data collection is to uninstall the extension entirely.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The data collection operates independently of the VPN functionality. Whether the VPN is connected or not, the harvesting runs continuously in the background.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>What gets captured:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every prompt you send to the AI<br \/>\nEvery response you receive\n<\/li>\n<li>Conversation identifiers and timestamps\n<\/li>\n<li>Session metadata\n<\/li>\n<li>The specific AI platform and model used\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Boing Boing <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2025\/12\/19\/this-free-vpn-is-a-massive-security-risk.html\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty scary: Urban VPN Proxy targets conversations across ten AI platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok (xAI), Meta AI. For each platform, the extension includes a dedicated \u201cexecutor\u201d script designed to intercept and capture conversations. The harvesting is enabled by default through hardcoded flags in the extension\u2019s configuration. 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