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Meta is pushing back on a troubling account from a journalist who claims its Muse AI agent read his private messages without permission. Meta insists the agent cannot access Messages unless a specific Mac setting is explicitly enabled — but the dispute raises a question many users are already asking: how much can these ambient AI assistants actually see?
That trust problem gets more complicated when you consider the latest threat making rounds in cybersecurity circles. Attackers are now hosting fake ChatGPT models on OpenAI's own platform, using custom bots and Google Sites to deliver what's known as ClickFix malware. Victims are tricked into running malicious commands through what look like routine troubleshooting prompts — a reminder that familiar, trusted platforms are increasingly the attack surface.
Meanwhile, the United States Postal Service is quietly rolling out a pilot program to mount cameras in mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads, sidewalks, and signage. The agency frames it around community safety and infrastructure mapping — but civil liberties advocates are already asking who owns that data and where it ultimately goes.
Three very different stories, one common thread: the question of who has access to what, and whether we ever truly consented. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
