Meta turns Muse sharing back on
Meta has restored its Muse sharing feature after temporarily disabling it due to security concerns regarding public DNS indexing of private conversation links. The company has implemented a fix that requires users to generate new URLs for previously shared artifacts to ensure data privacy.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the ongoing challenges tech companies face in balancing user convenience with data security when implementing web-based sharing features.
Meta has re-enabled Muse sharing after security researchers had reported that public conversation links could be easy to find. The researchers said they had been able to find Muse pages like a marketing company’s internal revenue review and a small business owner’s loan application.
Researchers at Claroc reported earlier this week that Muse the web addresses for shared conversations from Muse were named after a conversation’s title and written into public DNS. Ars Technica said Tuesday that Meta paused the sharing feature after it reached out about what was going on.
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