Meta's new Muse AI agent read my private messages without me asking
luisdans · x · 2026-09-20
The author recounts that Meta's new Muse AI agent read his private messages without him ever asking it to. His core point: "permission" is not the same as what users actually expect an AI product to do with their personal information — a cautionary case about default privileges and privacy design in AI products.
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