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Meta Re‑Enables Muse Sharing After Privacy Concerns
WHY IT MATTERS
The re‑activation means private conversations can again be shared, but the public DNS naming keeps them discoverable, potentially exposing sensitive business information to unintended audiences.
What happened
Meta has turned its Muse conversation‑sharing feature back on after security researchers highlighted that public links were easy to locate. Claroc investigators found that Muse URLs were named after the conversation title and published in public DNS, exposing sensitive content such as a marketing firm’s internal revenue review and a small business owner’s loan application.
Ars Technica reported that Meta had paused the feature earlier in the week after the researchers reached out. In a recent X post, Meta’s David Singleton confirmed the reactivation, noting that the underlying issue had been addressed.
The move restores the convenience of shared conversations, but the public DNS naming scheme still allows third parties to discover private exchanges unless users adjust their privacy settings.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Meta turns Muse sharing back on
The Verge · Jay Peters · Discovery only; Vox Media copyright terms apply