A "private" AI chat link turned out to be findable by anyone who knew one trick.
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A "private" AI chat link turned out to be findable by anyone who knew one trick.
Meta's Muse assistant lets you share a conversation by generating a link. Researchers at security firm Claroc found those links were all built on the same domain, with your chat's title typed into the web address itself. Public DNS records that address the moment anyone opens the link. One passive-DNS search returned 6,800 shareable Muse chats, listed by name.
Among a few hundred they opened: a loan application, a bank fraud alert with a partial account number, a staff vacation calendar, an internal revenue review.
Think of it like mailing a letter with your own name printed on the envelope. Meta says it has paused the sharing feature while it reviews how these links are discovered.
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