PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default
TL;DR
Granola, an AI meeting notes app, shares notes via link with anyone by default – despite claiming notes are 'private by default'.
Key Points
- Anyone with a link to a Granola note can view it – no login, no invitation required.
- Granola also uses meeting notes for internal AI training unless users actively opt out.
- The app connects to your calendar, records meeting audio, and generates AI-powered bullet-point summaries.
- Users can edit notes, invite collaborators, and query an AI assistant about the content.
Nauti's Take
"Private by default" yet visible to anyone with a link – that is not a bug, it is misleading marketing. Granola sits inside the most sensitive meetings at companies, records everything, and trains its model on that data unless you explicitly opt out.
If you are a Granola user, check your privacy settings now. And if you use it for confidential conversations, ask yourself whether you actually trust that promise.
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