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• Meta turns Muse conversation sharing back on after a pause over findable public links, per The Verge

  Meta has re-enabled Muse conversation sharing after pausing it when security researchers at Claroc reported that public share links could be easy to find through DNS records, The Verge reports. Claroc said it had found Muse pages such as a marketing company's internal revenue review and a small business owner's loan application. Meta had paused sharing while it reviewed the report; The Verge says sharing is now back on.

  Reported by The VergePublished newsOct 22Source: The VergePart of Meta Muse
• Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after researchers find more than 6,800 shared links through public DNS records, per The Verge

  Meta has paused the Muse feature that lets users share conversations by link after researchers at security firm Claroc said they found more than 6,800 Muse share links through public DNS records, The Verge reports. Claroc says each share address was built from the conversation's title and an ID, so hostnames revealed what pages held; it says it viewed chats including a loan application and a company's revenue review. A Muse spokesperson said Meta paused the function while it reviews the report and considers changes to how the links can be discovered.

  Reported by The VergePublished newsOct 20Source: The VergePart of Meta Muse
• Meta's Muse AI sent a YouTuber's home address to a stranger, per The Verge

  The Verge reports that Tech YouTuber Matt Robb said Meta's Muse AI gave out his home address to a total stranger over the weekend, after he authorized the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. The incident came despite Meta placing guardrails on the agent.

  Reported by The VergePublished newsSep 29Source: The VergePart of Meta Muse

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