October 20, 2026

Locked Chats in ChatGPT: a chat hides behind Face ID or PIN, across 7 plans

The rollout started Oct 20, 2026. Chats lock for a while when the phone passes to a friend, and the conversation contains something personal or surprise planning.

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techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com ↗

story · 2 stories — how events unfolded

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Locked chats in ChatGPT: PIN or Face ID keeps chats away from anyone with your phoneOctober 21

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ChatGPT →OpenAI →

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October 20, 2026

Locked Chats in ChatGPT: a chat hides behind Face ID or PIN, across 7 plans

The rollout started Oct 20, 2026. Chats lock for a while when the phone passes to a friend, and the conversation contains something personal or surprise planning.

Source

techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com ↗

story · 2 stories — how events unfolded

Release
Locked chats in ChatGPT: PIN or Face ID keeps chats away from anyone with your phoneOctober 21

who it's about

ChatGPT →OpenAI →

about the same entities

Release
Vercel's coding agents keep working after a crash and run for hours, days, or monthsOctober 21
News
AI agents move into drug development management: OpenAI buys Orchestra BioOctober 20
Insight
A level-30 AI model got 86x cheaper: $0.03 per task instead of $2.49October 20
Insight
GPT-6 Astra in robotics: 74.8% success with session history vs 66.3% withoutOctober 20

All news

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