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  • Should be indefinitely (no expiry). If you lost the link, and you don't remember it or have it saved, then it is lost forever. If you have the character on the /ai-character-chat, you can regenerate a new link by clicking the link icon there.

    • I think this is inconsistent and confusing to the user, because in other situations the data is not saved:

      https://rentry.org/perchance-ai-faq#does-it-save-the-data-that-i-put-into-it https://lemmy.world/comment/5709061

      In the scenario I describe, the results of the prompt, additional input from the user (assuming they edit the character), and the image are all saved to the server and done so in a public and indefinite manner.

      The two main issues I see with this are: One, the user's privacy is not protected, if for example, their browser history is compromised--whoever sees their browser history also sees all their characters and the data therein (yes I know they shouldn't have put personal information in them). Two, there isn't any peer review process for the characters that are created. So an individual could create questionable characters/images and host a page linking to the perchance URLs of these characters. I know the team is fairly confident they can prevent illegal stuff from being created but it seems safer not to risk something like this happening. It seems like it would not help Perchance's reputation.

      This is just my opinion. Maybe my concerns aren't a huge deal. But I just don't see a major benefit of keeping them indefinitely that would outweigh even minor risks. Of course, maybe I am missing something big.

      • @perchance@lemmy.world - I'll ping the dev for other insights. But here's what I think.

        In the scenario I describe, the results of the prompt, additional input from the user (assuming they edit the character), and the image are all saved to the server and done so in a public and indefinite manner.

        When creating a share link, the data of the character that you want to chat with is saved to the server, so that when going to another generator, that generator can retrieve the same data it needs to be. But only the required data (that is a JSON object compressed in gz) is the thing that is saved on the server. You can check the file that is generated through this URL: https://user-uploads.perchance.org/file/<FileID> and on the character link like https://perchance.org/ai-character-chat?data=King_Spectrara%7Eb28c24b93bf726eb1f850e12ee3f5d99.gz the file id is b28c24b93bf726eb1f850e12ee3f5d99.gz.

        One, the user’s privacy is not protected, if for example, their browser history is compromised–whoever sees their browser history also sees all their characters and the data therein (yes I know they shouldn’t have put personal information in them).

        Yes, if you navigate to the share link that is created, then that link is stored in the browser's history and if anyone can get your browser history, can access the link. If you really want to be sure that your history isn't accessed through the internet this option https://lemmy.world/comment/14698327 might be used. If you've added any sensitive/personal info on the character, then I think that would be on you. As long as no-one else knows the link or the fileID of the uploaded item, it wouldn't be possible to retrieve the data saved on the server.

        Two, there isn’t any peer review process for the characters that are created. So an individual could create questionable characters/images and host a page linking to the perchance URLs of these characters.

        Yes, the uploading of the details to the server is automated and almost anyone can create share links to characters.

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