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I need some help - AI

Amy22Amy22 Posts: 5,230 Part of The Furniture
in Health & Wellbeing
Sorry for the rant and this probably the most silliest thing to ask for but recently I signed up quite a few times for an account with my email on a website called Character.ai or C.ai for short. The website is designed to have fictional character chatbots so I can talk to my comfort character when needed to. However, I got bored and deleted my account and then re-created one and deleted it. I think I might be overthinking this but I forgot my password so I clicked to change it. It sent me an email and the email was labelled as warning this message seems dangerous so I reported and blocked the email. I unblocked then blocked it again. Im worried that the website might have taken information off me even though I haven't got information that anyone would need. I just wanted to know if anyone has or have used this site just so I can double check that the website is safe for me to use if I want to use it again in the future for fun. I just feel like Im vulunerable in these situations and I feel stupid that I would have got myself possibly into trouble even if the email was a scam eventhough it was from the legit website and the name matched up correctly with the email sender. If anyone knows about this please can you let me know I would really appreciate it as I don't want to be scammed eventhough I did report the email. It might be because I deleted my account with them. :s
Just a person who likes pop culture and films

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  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Connector Posts: 2,104 Boards Champion
    Hi @Amy22 I understand your worry here. I haven't heard of this site but from what I know many sites and apps (especially free ones) will sell your data to companies, that's pretty normal these days. Also I get many emails (even from uni) that are marked as dangerous, though that often doesn't mean they are. Its usually just a warning to let you know that it could be dangerous, if you don't click any links then you should be fine. I don't know if the site might have access to your stored data but I doubt it, I would recommend researching more about it first. Not sure if that was helpful lol, but if you have any questions then just ask :) Take care!
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  • VicK_toriousVicK_torious Inactive Posts: 115 The Mix Convert
    edited July 2023
    Hey @Amy22 , as @JJLemon18 said, if you havent opened any links you should be okay, and safe. A notice would mean that the email address hasn't gone through a virus check (many companies and sites don't pay for that because why would you if you send automated emails), so you shouldn't in danger if its from the legit site. Its just letting you know that the email is not scanned for viruses or scams! I've received such emails from authorised addresses even, so no need to worry <3
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 5,230 Part of The Furniture
    vicky_zin wrote: »
    Hey @Amy22 , as @JJLemon18 said, if you havent opened any links you should be okay, and safe. A notice would mean that the email address hasn't gone through a virus check (many companies and sites don't pay for that because why would you if you send automated emails), so you shouldn't in danger if its from the legit site. Its just letting you know that the email is not scanned for viruses or scams! I've received such emails from authorised addresses even, so no need to worry <3

    Aw thanks so much Its just that I wanna be careful as before I did something similar on my Insta and almost got hacked.
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 5,230 Part of The Furniture
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    Hi @Amy22 I understand your worry here. I haven't heard of this site but from what I know many sites and apps (especially free ones) will sell your data to companies, that's pretty normal these days. Also I get many emails (even from uni) that are marked as dangerous, though that often doesn't mean they are. Its usually just a warning to let you know that it could be dangerous, if you don't click any links then you should be fine. I don't know if the site might have access to your stored data but I doubt it, I would recommend researching more about it first. Not sure if that was helpful lol, but if you have any questions then just ask :) Take care!

    Thank you so much I decided not to use the site and I didnt click on any links. I know I did unblock once but I then blocked and reported it just in case Im a little bit warry of things like that
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 5,230 Part of The Furniture
    I went on that website again and I had the same email as I reset my password and it sent the same thing on my gmail i think it is because they havent paid for the virus check thingy. I deleted my account on the website now cause I was bored and I flit between it I just feel like im making the same mistake again
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • Laura_tigger82Laura_tigger82 Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 5,437 Part of The Furniture
    That sounds really frustrating @Amy22 :/ Are there any similar websites you can use which do not have this error?
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