Ex-Meta exec criticizes Muse AI privacy risk
The gist
Alex Stamos, Meta's former security chief, said giving Muse bank logins and password vaults is a "totally insane" idea.
Banks and retailers are now blocking agents like Muse, so the fight is over who controls your accounts.
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026A Hacker News discussion of Muse includes an ex-Meta engineer saying he would not give Meta access to anything.
- Sep 21, 2026A roundup of 100 tech people's views quotes Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang saying Muse runs in "its own isolated environment" and "never sees your actual passwords or payment details."
- Sep 22, 2026BigGo Finance reports Muse on Mac contains an undocumented setting that lets local malware hijack voice prompts; no patch is available and Meta did not respond to requests for comment.