Why This User Won't Touch OpenAI's Dots: Unauditable Memory Is a Privacy Nightmare
curiousinquirer007 · reddit · 2026-10-04
- A Reddit user explains refusing to use OpenAI's always-on agent 'Dots': it offers a single dot that retains memories from conversations and connected apps indefinitely, with no way to inspect, edit, or delete individual memories.
- Core arguments:
- Users span work, legal, health and personal domains — these roles shouldn't share context by default; permission should be denied by default with role-specific scopes, default expiration and easy revocation, all standard in pre-AI web apps.
- Architectural transparency is also missing: where components run, where persistent state lives, what enters each inference, and the compaction policy — what happens after a year of use?
- Citing 'Lost in the Middle', the author notes compaction and handoffs trade performance for information loss, and contrasts Codex's public docs that let researchers understand when to branch or restart agent sessions.
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