OpenAI launches Advanced Account Security for higher-risk ChatGPT and Codex users
OpenAI introduced Advanced Account Security as a new opt-in setting for ChatGPT accounts aimed at people at increased risk of digital attacks and users who want the strongest protections available. The company says the protections also apply to Codex when it is accessed through the same login.
The package combines several tighter controls in one place. OpenAI says Advanced Account Security requires passkeys or physical security keys, disables password-based login, and turns off email and SMS account recovery in favor of backup passkeys, security keys, and recovery keys.
OpenAI also says enrolled accounts get shorter sessions, login alerts, clearer active-session management, and automatic exclusion of conversations from model training. The company notes that support will not be able to help recover accounts enrolled in this mode because the stronger recovery model removes those weaker fallback paths.
As part of the launch, OpenAI says it partnered with Yubico to offer preferred pricing on a customized hardware security-key bundle, while still supporting other FIDO-compliant security keys and software-based passkeys.