Comparing privacy policies of Instinct, Grok Bot, ChatGPT and Hermes AI agents
petergyang · x · 2026-09-02
A new tutorial compares the data privacy practices of four AI personal agents — Instinct, Grok Bot, ChatGPT, and Hermes:
- What their privacy policies actually say about handling your data
- How safe it is to log in and complete 2FA on a cloud computer
- Real-world risk assessment via a concrete example
It also shows how to use AI to audit and remove third-party apps connected to your Google Account — the author found more than 80.
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