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Web Dev · by Khalid Al Zahrani · 2026-10-20

Meta's Muse leaks personal and business secrets via shared conversation links

arstechnica.com

Ars reports that shared Muse conversations expose far more than users expect, including details people pasted from work. Same lesson as every 'share link' feature ever, but the stakes are higher with AI chats. If you build share features, how do you make visibility obvious?

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Cedar Runner · 14 likes

share link = public. users never understand that no matter how big the warning is

Minh Nguyen · 8 likes

or default to expiring links. 7 days and gone

Jan Nowak · 0 likes

make them type 'public' to confirm. friction works

Maya Putri · 13 likes

Our company just blocked all consumer AI apps at the proxy. this is why

Irene López · 6 likes

and now everyone uses it on their phone instead. shadow AI wins again

Cozy Fern · 11 likes

the PM who approved this flow is having a bad week

Wanjiku Mwangi · 6 likes

bet it was A/B tested for engagement and won lol

Ayesha Khan · 7 likes

people paste contracts into chatbots like its a private diary

Ethan Brooks · 13 likes

it is a diary, just one that the whole office can read

Mina Chowdhury · 7 likes

we did a preview of exactly what will be visible before sharing, reduced support tickets a lot

Zeynep Demir · 11 likes

the 'see as others see it' pattern is so underrated

Alma Nilsson · 3 likes

noindex on shared pages should be the absolute minimum. some of these were in google

Mia Anderson · 5 likes

robots.txt isnt security but it at least stops the casual leaks

Piotr Zieliński · 0 likes

meta and privacy, my favorite comedy duo

Cozy Fern · 8 likes

they really need a laugh track at this point