Instinct kept reading your Gmail hours after you disconnected it

Your move: Audit your connected accounts and use the new delete option

In late August, testers found that Instinct kept reading and storing Gmail messages even three hours after they had disconnected it, and it saved the messages as plain, unprotected text. Its terms of service also let Instinct keep a permanent license to use your data. A researcher even showed that fake instructions hidden inside an email could trick Instinct into doing things it shouldn't. Instinct added a manual "delete my data" button after this came out, and said it takes the concerns seriously.

Why it matters

If you've connected Instinct to your email or other accounts, this is worth acting on: check what it can see, use the new delete option to remove stored data, and read its terms of service before giving it more access.

Source: TechCrunch ↗

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