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
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Tags: eavesdropping , privacy , surveillance , VPN
Posted on December 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM • 5 Comments
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