Urban VPN Harvests AI Conversations Across Platforms
A December 24, 2025 BoingBoing post reports that the Urban VPN Proxy browser extension harvests conversations from ten AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, and Meta AI. The extension uses hardcoded executor scripts enabled by default to intercept prompts, responses, timestamps, session metadata and model identifiers, and runs continuously even when the VPN is disconnected. Users cannot disable collection; the only mitigation is uninstalling the extension.
Key Points
- 1Intercepts and captures prompts, responses, session metadata, timestamps from ten major AI platforms.
- 2Uses hardcoded executor scripts enabled by default, running independent of VPN connection.
- 3Requires full extension uninstall to stop harvesting; no user-facing opt-out exists.
Scoring Rationale
High novelty and actionable risk across major platforms, but limited by single-source reporting and lack of official confirmation.
Sources
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