Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts AI Chats
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 “executor” script designed to intercept and capture conversations. The harvesting is enabled by default through hardcoded flags in the extension’s configuration.
There is no user-facing toggle to disable this. The only way to stop the data collection is to uninstall the extension entirely.
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The data collection operates independently of the VPN functionality. Whether the VPN is connected or not, the harvesting runs continuously in the background.
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What gets captured:
- Every prompt you send to the AI
Every response you receive- Conversation identifiers and timestamps
- Session metadata
- The specific AI platform and model used
Boing Boing post.
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Clive Robinson • December 24, 2025 7:25 AM
But I really really really have no life outside of this blog.
And I must try very hard to prove to everyone in the world that I am a very very very very intelligent fella because it makes me feel all fuzzy and warm,
otherwise – my entire life would make no sense at all. Dammit man, I am the smartest human and who cares about my leaky diapers, right?
I must impress everyone, you better believe it, I am the shit, right?