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OpinionThe Verge · AI· Janus Rose·· 1 day ago

Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents

Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents

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Janus Rose examines how Meta’s Muse can collect sensitive information about users and their contacts, raising consent concerns for people who never installed the assistant. Privacy experts argue that permission interfaces obscure the scope of data sharing, while Meta says access is opt-in. The article also explains how uploading messages after decryption can undermine the privacy protections encrypted communications are intended to provide.

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