Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
Meta's Muse app defaults users into data collection for AI training and encourages them to share sensitive personal information including bank account details, email addresses, and passport data.
Why this matters: Handing an app your bank account, email, and passport is not a small ask. It is the combination identity thieves and data brokers dream about. Meta building that ask into a new product, while quietly opting you into AI training by default, follows a familiar pattern. The default should always favor the user, not the platform. It rarely does. If you use Muse, check what you agreed to before you post anything you care about.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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