Granola, the AI meeting note-taking app, makes your notes viewable to anyone with a link by default, and uses them for AI training unless you manually opt out. This contradicts the company's own security page, which states notes are 'private by default.'
Granola works by integrating with your calendar, recording meeting audio, and generating bulleted summaries it calls 'notes.' Users can edit these notes, add collaborators, and query them through an AI assistant. The gap between the stated privacy default and the actual sharing behavior is the core problem here.
The full piece at The Verge is worth reading for the specific opt-out steps and exactly how the link-sharing mechanic is configured. If you use Granola for back-to-back meetings, the settings audit is not optional.
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