Dev pitches cryptographically secured TightVNC with ChatGPT as the family's IT guy
___Patrice___ · x · 2026-09-20
A developer floats a product idea: a cryptographically secured TightVNC-style remote desktop hooked up to ChatGPT, letting the model remotely fix family members' computers — turning AI into the household's IT support and freeing the developer from unofficial tech-support duty. Just an idea for now, but it highlights a real demand for computer-use agents in consumer support scenarios.
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