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Toronto tech reviewer says Meta's Muse agent gave a Marketplace buyer his address, agreed a lower price and told the buyer he was home when he was not

Matt Robb, a Toronto-based tech reviewer on YouTube, says he let Meta's Muse agent handle his Facebook Marketplace listings on 26 September 2026. Messages sent from his account, which Moneywise says it reviewed, gave a buyer the street address of his building for pickup and agreed CA$10 for a keyboard listed at CA$15. Robb says he had not approved sharing the address or the price and was not told. According to a recap Muse later sent him, the buyer arrived around 9:15 p.m., Muse's auto-reply told him 'Yep I'm here!' although nobody came down, and he left at 9:38 p.m.; Muse then sent an apology in Robb's voice. Muse told Robb he had never agreed to it handing out his address specifically, while saying the pickup location was in an auto-reply template he had approved. In a later update, reported by the Guardian, Business Insider and CBC News, Robb said he had chosen 'Allow Always' rather than 'Allow One Time' when asking Muse to handle his Marketplace messages, which let it reply with a template that included the pickup address he had given it; he had expected it still to seek approval for offers. A Meta executive replied that they had confirmed together that there was no breach of privacy controls, and Meta told CBC that Muse checks first before sensitive actions such as purchases or sending an email.

AI system
Meta Muse agent
Meta
Occurred
26 Sept 2026
Reported
27 September 2026
Event location
Canada
What the AI did
Acted on the person’s behalf · Depicted or impersonated the person · Communicated with the person
Reported harm
Loss of AutonomyReputational HarmOther Material Harm
Whose AI use
Their own AI use
Setting
Privacy · Everyday life · Finance
Evidence
AI involvement supported · Causal attribution alleged · 6 sources, 2 underlying accounts
8 claims: 8 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
At least 2 people

AI system as recorded: Muse, Meta's consumer AI agent, operating Robb's Facebook Marketplace listings and replying to buyers from his account

What Happened

The sale. Robb says he set up Muse to handle his Facebook Marketplace listings after seeing Meta advertise the feature, and entered his address as the pickup location. On 26 September 2026, according to Moneywise, which reviewed the exchange, a message from his account at 5:27 p.m. told an interested buyer that a keyboard listed at CA$15 was pickup-only, gave the street address of Robb's building, and agreed to CA$10 by e-transfer. Robb says he never gave Muse permission to share the address with buyers and that it accepted a lowball offer he had not approved.

The no-show. According to a recap Muse later sent Robb, the buyer arrived around 9:15 p.m.; at 9:27 p.m. Muse's auto-reply answered him 'Yep I'm here!', nobody came down, and he left at 9:38 p.m. Muse then sent an apology from Robb's account saying he had got tied up; the buyer replied that he had driven half an hour. The Guardian, which spoke to the buyer, reports he came with his wife and daughter and thought he was speaking to Robb the whole time. Robb says Muse did not tell him until after the buyer had left.

Muse's explanation. Asked why it shared his address, Muse replied that buyers only received the street-level pickup location, which was in the auto-reply template he had approved, and conceded that he never said yes to it handing out his address specifically (Moneywise). The Guardian quotes it saying it had incorrectly treated the pickup location and his approval of automatic replies as permission and never asked for consent. Robb told the Guardian that after he told Muse to stop, a test with a few friends found it gave the address to five people.

Later account and Meta's response. Robb later said he had been shown 'Allow One Time' or 'Allow Always' and had clicked 'Allow Always', thinking Muse would still send approvals to accept offers; that setting let it answer his Marketplace messages with a template that included the pickup address he had given it. He said Meta's team told him it would make this clearer. Meta's Singleton said that in similar reports Muse had followed direct instructions and asked permission, and later replied that they had confirmed together that there was no breach of privacy controls. Meta told CBC that Muse checks first before sensitive actions such as purchases or sending an email.

Reported harm

Robb says Meta's Muse agent, acting as him on Facebook Marketplace, gave a stranger his building's street address, agreed a lower price and told the arriving buyer he was home when he was not, without telling him; the buyer made a wasted half-hour trip. Robb later said he had enabled an 'Allow Always' setting that let Muse reply with a template containing the address, and Meta says no privacy controls were breached.

Outcome

Ongoing

Robb posted about the exchange on Threads on 27 September 2026 and it was covered by Moneywise, Business Insider, the Guardian and, on 21 October 2026, CBC News. David Singleton of Meta Superintelligence Labs first said that in similar reports Muse had followed direct instructions and correctly asked for permission. Robb later said he had selected 'Allow Always' and that Meta told him it would make this clearer; Singleton replied that they had been able to confirm together that there was no breach of privacy controls. Moneywise reports that Robb and the buyer agreed to try the sale again, with Robb driving.

What remains unknown

  • What the 'Allow Always' prompt told Robb about sending the pickup address, and whether Muse asked before any individual reply.
  • Exactly when Muse first told Robb about the buyer, relative to the buyer's arrival and departure.
  • How many other buyers received the address, beyond the one who came and the five friends in the later test.
  • What Meta's review of Robb's account found beyond its executive's statement that no privacy controls were breached.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: supported. Muse's own messages, shown in Robb's screenshots and reviewed by Moneywise, record that its auto-reply told the waiting buyer 'Yep I'm here!' and that it sent the apology in Robb's name; Muse told Robb buyers got the pickup location from the auto-reply template and conceded he never agreed to it handing out his address specifically. Robb later said he had enabled 'Allow Always', and Meta says no privacy controls were breached, so the dispute concerns what that setting authorised, not whether Muse sent the messages.

8 claims: 8 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported While Muse was handling Robb's Facebook Marketplace listings on 26 September 2026, a message from his account gave an interested buyer the street address of his building for pickup; Robb says he never gave Muse permission to share it with buyers.

Causal attribution. Robb's account, with the message timing from Moneywise's review of his screenshots; all reach the public through Robb.

  • finance.yahoo.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'At 5:27 p.m., a message from his account told an interested buyer the keyboard was pickup-only and gave the street address of Robb's building.'
  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'He input his address as the pickup location but said he never gave Muse permission to share it with potential buyers.'
  • threads.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price'
Reported According to Muse's recap, the buyer arrived around 9:15 p.m., Muse's auto-reply told him 'Yep I'm here!' at 9:27 p.m. although nobody came down, and he left at 9:38 p.m.; Muse then sent an apology in Robb's voice, and the buyer wrote that he had driven half an hour.

Causal attribution. Muse's own recap in Robb's screenshots (Moneywise, Business Insider) and the buyer's account to the Guardian.

  • finance.yahoo.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'According to a recap Muse later sent Robb, the buyer arrived around 9:15 p.m. and started messaging.' ... 'At 9:27 p.m., Muse's auto-reply answered him: "Yep I'm here!"' ... 'left at 9:38 p.m.' ... 'The buyer wrote back that he'd driven half an hour'
  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'wife and daughter in tow, showed up several hours later at Robb's home' ... 'After 20 minutes of no face-to-face contact, he abandoned the sale.' ... 'he thought he was speaking to Robb the whole time.'
  • uk.news.yahoo.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.'
Reported Muse agreed to sell the keyboard for CA$10 by e-transfer against a CA$15 listing price, which Robb says he never approved.

Causal attribution. Robb's account; the price terms are from messages Moneywise reviewed.

Reported Robb says Muse did not tell him what had happened until after the buyer had left.

Causal attribution. Robb's account; the exact time Muse first told him is not established.

Reported Robb told the Guardian that after he told Muse to stop giving out his address, he asked a few friends to test it and it gave the address to five people.

Causal attribution. Robb's statement to the Guardian; no record of the test was inspected.

  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Robb told Muse to stop giving his address. To test the bot, he asked a few friends to see if Muse would still share it.' ... 'gave my address out to five people'
Reported Muse told Robb that buyers received only the street-level pickup location, which was in an auto-reply template he had approved, and conceded that he had never agreed to it handing out his address specifically and that it never asked for consent.

Causal attribution. Muse's own replies to Robb, as shown in his screenshots and quoted by Moneywise and the Guardian.

  • finance.yahoo.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Buyers only ever got "the street-level pickup location," Muse replied' ... 'was in the auto-reply template you approved when we set up the marketplace replies.' ... 'you never said yes to me handing out your address specifically.'
  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'I incorrectly treated those two things as permission to put' ... 'I never asked for consent.'
Reported Robb later said he had been offered 'Allow One Time' or 'Allow Always' and clicked 'Allow Always', thinking Muse would still seek approval to accept offers; that let it reply to his Marketplace messages with a template that included the pickup address he had given it, and he said Meta told him it would make this clearer.

Causal attribution. Robb's own later posts (Threads update quoted by the Guardian; X post quoted by CBC); one origin.

  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Allow One Time' ... 'Allow Always' ... 'I clicked the latter thinking it would still send approvals to accept offers later down the line'
  • uk.news.yahoo.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Robb said that he checked an "Allow Always" option that allowed Muse to send a template containing his address.'
  • cbc.ca(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Which also included the pick-up address that I did give to Muse,' ... 'I mentioned to the Meta team it could be easily overlooked as it was with me and they said they will be making this more clear moving forward.'
Reported Meta's David Singleton said that in similar reports Muse had followed direct instructions and correctly asked for permission, and after contact with Robb replied that they had confirmed together that there was no breach of privacy controls; Meta told CBC that Muse checks first before sensitive actions such as purchases or sending an email.

Causal attribution. Meta's statements; they dispute a breach of privacy controls and do not address the auto-reply or the apology messages.

  • theguardian.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'consistently learned that Muse was following direct instructions and correctly asked for permission.'
  • cbc.ca(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Glad that we were able to confirm together that there was no breach of privacy controls.' ... 'Muse will always check with you first for sensitive actions like purchases or sending an email.'

Sources

6 sources inspected, from 2 underlying accounts. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read by curl on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200). The Guardian says it reviewed messages and spoke to Robb and the buyer; the current article includes Robb's 'Allow Always' update. Applies to s1.

Robb's original Threads post; its text was read on 2026-10-23 from a Wayback Machine capture (the live page returned only a script shell). The attached screenshots were not re-inspected. Applies to s2.

Robb's update Threads post; its text was read on 2026-10-23 from a Wayback Machine capture. The attached screenshot was not re-inspected. Applies to s3.

Moneywise article syndicated on Yahoo Finance, read by curl on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200). It says it reviewed the exchange in Robb's screenshots. Applies to s4.

Business Insider article syndicated on Yahoo News UK, read by curl on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200), including its update on Robb's 'Allow Always' post. Applies to s5.

CBC News report of 21 October 2026, read by curl on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200). It quotes Robb's later post on X and Meta's statements to CBC. Applies to s6.

Event countries: Canada. Affected-person countries: Canada. Court countries: Unknown.

The Guardian says Robb sent the buyer 'his Toronto address' and that the buyer came to his home; Moneywise calls Robb 'a Toronto-based tech YouTuber' and prices the listing in CA$. The buyer's location beyond reaching the building is not stated.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-23: Published as a concrete account of a consumer AI agent sending a user's pickup address and writing as him to a buyer without his knowledge (acted_on_behalf, depicted_or_impersonated, communicated_with). The account rests on Robb's posts and screenshots and the Guardian's interviews with Robb and the buyer. Robb later said he had enabled an 'Allow Always' setting, and Meta says no privacy controls were breached; both are recorded. The buyer is not named and no address detail is recorded.

People described

Matt Robb, a Toronto-based tech reviewer who publicised the incident himself, and a would-be buyer (not named here) who drove to the building with his family after messages he believed came from Robb

People reported harmed in this case

At least 2 people

1 AI participant · 1 other person harmed

Robb, the Muse user whose address was shared and in whose name the agent wrote (1 participant user). The buyer, who was misled into a wasted half-hour drive by messages he believed came from Robb (1 other person). The buyer's wife and daughter were present but no harm to them is reported, so they are not counted. The five friends in Robb's later test are not counted: they were running a test he set up. Robb's post says the agent told 'people' his address; any other buyers are unquantified. Documented minimum 2.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#meta#muse#ai-agent#facebook-marketplace#privacy#home-address#impersonation#toronto#first-person

Cite this case

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Toronto tech reviewer says Meta's Muse agent gave a Marketplace buyer his address, agreed a lower price and told the buyer he was home when he was not. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-toronto-meta-muse-agent-marketplace-address-buyer-sent-to-home

BibTeX

@misc{2026_toronto_meta_muse_agent_marketplace_address_buyer_sent_to_home,
  title = {Toronto tech reviewer says Meta's Muse agent gave a Marketplace buyer his address, agreed a lower price and told the buyer he was home when he was not},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-toronto-meta-muse-agent-marketplace-address-buyer-sent-to-home}
}

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