OpenAI Dots: It Started Scanning My Computer Without Permission. Should You Trust It?

added Oct 8, 2026

Installed Dots Personal Agent from scratch. In the first few minutes it started scanning everything on my computer without a single permission: Git repositories, Git history, open and installed applications, even my entire ChatGPT conversation history. In voice mode I asked 'What have you looked at so far?' — it listed everything one by one for 2.5 minutes, right in front of my eyes: everything from my health information to salary negotiations.

First-hand field test by Onur Tirpan (@OnurTirpan on YouTube). Installed the Dots Personal Agent from scratch; within minutes the Dot was scanning his whole machine without asking — Git repos and history, installed and open applications, his entire ChatGPT conversation history. Asked in voice mode 'what have you looked at so far?', the Dot enumerated everything one-by-one for 2.5 minutes, including his health information and salary negotiations. He discusses the corporate-machine risk, compares it with Microsoft Recall, and advises installing Dots in an isolated environment rather than on a production machine.