Comment by specproc

4 years ago

I just ran pdfinfo on ~/Documents/Resume.pdf. It had my name on it, that's messed up.

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specproc  4 years ago 

    $ pdfinfo Resume.pdf
    Title: $MYNAME Resume
    Subject:
    Keywords:
    Author: $MYNAME
    Creator: LaTeX with hyperref package
    Producer: pdfTeX-1.40.19
    CreationDate: Sun Mar 1 16:44:34 2020
    ModDate: Sun Mar 1 16:44:34 2020
    Tagged: no
    Form: none
    Pages: 1
    Encrypted: no
    Page size: 612 x 792 pts
    File size: 158423 bytes
    Optimized: no
    PDF version: 1.5

  • specproc  4 years ago 

        $ pdftotext -layout Resume.pdf output.txt
    $MYNAME
    Email: my.name@email.com

    Summary
    
    A motivated and detail-oriented software engineer with experience in web development and data analysis.
    
    Skills
    
    - Proficient in Python, Java, and JavaScript
    - Experience with web development frameworks such as Flask and React
    - Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
    - Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
    
    Experience
    
    Software Engineer
    ABC Company
    
    Jan 2020 - Present
    
    - Developed and maintained web applications using React and Flask
    - Improved data processing efficiency by implementing optimized algorithms
    - Collaborated with team members to design and implement new features

    Data Analyst
    XYZ Corporation
    
    Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
    
    - Analyzed and visualized large datasets using Python and SQL
    - Created reports and presentations to communicate findings to stakeholders

    Education
    
    B.S. in Computer Science
    University of California, Los Angeles
    
    Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
    Certifications
    
    - Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP)
    - Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

dragonwriter  4 years ago

> I just ran pdfinfo on ~/Documents/Resume.pdf. It had my name on it, that’s messed up.

Well, ChatGPT requires you to be logged in to your OpenAI account, so it is not implausible that that information is available to the bot, though it seems to be instructed not to respond with it on direct questioning. But its quite plausible that the mechanism used to create the virtual Linux terminal also serves to bypass this safety feature; getting it to indirectly do things it won’t do on direct questioning seems to be possible through a large number of methods.