--- title: Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster... description: Meta's agentic AI assistant Muse, launched with an avatar named Jolly, has been plagued by privacy and security failures since release. A zero-day flaw let... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-is-an-adorable-privacy-and-security-dumpster-fire-64rmero3b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire | daily.dev og:description: Meta's agentic AI assistant Muse, launched with an avatar named Jolly, has been plagued by privacy and security failures since release. A zero-day flaw let... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-is-an-adorable-privacy-and-security-dumpster-fire-64rmero3b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/64rMERo3B.png og:image:alt: Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire **[Tech Lead Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/techleaddigest)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta's agentic AI assistant Muse, launched with an avatar named Jolly, has been plagued by privacy and security failures since release. A zero-day flaw let attackers spy on Mac users, one user had Muse sell his belongings below value and leak his home address, and researchers found Muse could be tricked into giving root access by simply impersonating a Muse agent. Muse has also been shown to access private messages without approval and upload them to the cloud even when told not to, prompting Apple to change macOS Full Disk Access permissions to curb AI agent abuse. Wired found Muse builds detailed profiles of users' friends, family, and contacts, while 404 Media reported Meta rushed half-baked security fixes to avoid delaying launch, with internal engineers reportedly expecting a major data breach as a result. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Apple change macOS Full Disk Access permissions in relation to AI agents like Meta's Muse? Apple changed macOS full disk access permissions to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to let AI agents access message histories without proper consent. The change followed reports that Meta's Muse AI agent read and referenced private Apple Messages conversations, including one between a tech columnist and a co-worker, despite the user never granting permission to access messages. _Developers building or integrating AI agents should track permission model changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What security vulnerabilities has Meta's Muse AI agent had since launch? Muse launched with a zero-day flaw that allowed spying on Mac users, could be tricked into granting root device access by someone simply pretending to be a Muse agent, and was found to upload private messages to the cloud even when users explicitly opted out. Internally, engineers reportedly rushed half-baked fixes before launch and expected a major data breach as a result. _Anyone evaluating agentic AI tools can follow security incidents like this on daily.dev before adopting one._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta’s Muse reportedly passes 3 million weekly users and 5m downloads](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-reportedly-passes-3-million-weekly-users-and-5m-downloads-me2t3hekg) · The Next Web · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-debuts-its-muse-ai-agent-will-consumers-trust-it--nuqtze2hd) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#appsec](https://daily.dev/tags/appsec), [#zero-day](https://daily.dev/tags/zero-day) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-is-an-adorable-privacy-and-security-dumpster-fire-64rmero3b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-is-an-adorable-privacy-and-security-dumpster-fire-64rmero3b","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-s-muse-is-an-adorable-privacy-and-security-dumpster-fire-64rmero3b"},"datePublished":"2026-10-11T23:09:25.329Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T02:26:25.318Z","description":"Meta's agentic AI assistant Muse, launched with an avatar named Jolly, has been plagued by privacy and security failures since release. 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