Khaberni - Amid the steep rise in subscription prices for AI platforms, sharing an account of "ChatGPT", "Gemini", or "Cloud" with a friend or a family member may seem practical and harmless, but many overlook that sharing these accounts is nothing like giving out a "Netflix" password to someone you trust.
AI models save user conversations, requests, preferences, and deal with data that can be extremely private. Giving someone else the password means that the user is not just sharing a digital service but their entire digital identity.
Today, chatbots have become a permanent assistant in emails, browsers, work files, and even on smart devices. This means that anyone who accesses your account may unintentionally see your sensitive transaction history, from work drafts and salary negotiations to medical and family records.
From this standpoint, the website "Thomas Guide" lists 7 reasons that should make you immediately stop sharing your AI account with anyone, even if they are family:
1- Full disclosure of conversation history
Every question posed by the user, every work project, every personal or medical inquiry, appears to the person using the account, and many do not realize the amount of sensitive data they input into these tools, making sharing it an uncalculated risk.
2- Inadvertent data leakage
Even in new conversations, the model might recall information from your past history and display it to another person, all it takes is a simple question from the new user to merge contents of your private conversations into the answer.
3- Multiple inquiries may ruin your private projects
If more than one person uses the same account, the model's tone may change, styles may mix, and its suggestions may affect the way artificial intelligence writes in a tone that's not yours or may distort the context of your programming and research projects.
4- Indirect hacking
If the AI account is linked to "Google Drive", "Gmail", "GitHub", "Slack", or "Notion", this means another user might access, modify, or see your files unintentionally, and these are risks not worth taking.
5- Allowing access to payment and billing data
With shopping features through "ChatGPT", accessing billing information and subscriptions has become easier than ever, which allows anyone with your account the ability to view or even make purchases using your card.
6- Account sharing violates terms of service
Most companies prohibit sharing AI accounts, as sharing the account may lead to subscription cancellations, account suspensions, identity verification requests, and detection of unusual activity across device fingerprint and behavior.
If the user is using the service in a professional context, sharing the account may also violate work policies and compliance standards.
7- Taking responsibility for what others do
Using your conversation history and written voice, and the model's memory, the other person may create content that appears to come from you, and if they commit a violation or disclose sensitive information, your account will be held accountable.
Even within the home, the situation is also risky, as children might view private conversations, connected apps might disclose additional information, and memory might display data that should not have been displayed in the first place.
