# Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user's private messages without permission

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
> **Canonical Citation URL**: https://aitalky.vercel.app/news/meta-disputes-claim-that-muse-read-a-users-private-messages-without-permission
> **Original Source**: [TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/meta-disputes-claim-that-muse-read-a-users-private-messages-without-permission/)
> **Author**: Sarah Perez (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
> **Category**: PRODUCTS
> **Tags**: News, TechCrunch AI, AI

## Executive Summary
Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a user's Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalist's account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off



## Full Coverage
Meta is fighting back against a journalist's claim that its AI agent Muse read the user's private messages without permission. Following an earlier report from Inc. columnist Jason Aten that detailed the issue, Meta VP of Communications Andy Stone pushed back , making it clear that the company does not believe its product did this without the user's consent

"The Messages integration in the Muse app for Mac is entirely opt-in," Stone wrote on X in response to the claims made by the piece. "You have to enable both Full Disk Access and the Messages connector for Muse to be able to read your Messages content. It can't read your Messages unless you do this."

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