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It adds a gate: opening a protected conversation will require the PIN or biometric. It also adds a hiding step: locked conversations will be removed from your regular chat history, your pinned chats and conversation search.\n\nThe second part is the more useful one. A passcode matters little if a conversation's title still sits in the sidebar or surfaces when someone types a keyword into search. Removing it from all three means a glance at your screen, or a borrowed device, turns up nothing to find.\n\nThe approach is familiar. WhatsApp's Chat Lock moves chosen conversations into a separate folder behind a fingerprint, face scan or passcode. ChatGPT's version follows the same logic for a product where people often type personal questions and drafts they would rather keep to themselves.\n\nAs described, though, this governs who can see a conversation, not what happens to it. It controls access and visibility on the screen in front of you. 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