Read the TOS and privacy policy.
I haven’t connected Instinct to any of my info.
Heres the Claude summary
It’s an always-on autonomous AI assistant that reads your screen. None of what follows is hidden — they disclosed it clearly. That’s what makes it worth reading.
WHAT IT CAPTURES
Screen contents, keystrokes, cursor movements, documents. The content of emails and messages you VIEW, not just what you send it. Audio and voice if enabled, with no biometric notice despite Illinois BIPA and Texas CUBI. Precise location if shared. Payment cards and third-party passwords, so it can log in as you.
WHERE IT GOES
Trains their models under a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license. Only Google Workspace data is carved out. Personalized advertising is a stated use. Third-party AI providers receive it. Business partners may use it “for their own purposes.” Humans read flagged material. It transfers in an acquisition. Deidentified data can be kept forever for any purpose — and screen captures resist real anonymization.
OTHER PEOPLE’S PRIVACY
Anyone who emails or messages you gets ingested. They never consented. Minors included, with no consent path. And you must warrant you obtained “all rights, consents, permissions” for everything captured — impossible for passive screen data. The legal exposure lands on you.
RISK ALLOCATION
Total liability capped at $100. You indemnify them. Meanwhile the policy itself warns of unintended payments, unintended communications, and the agent being hijacked by hidden instructions planted by third parties.
GAPS
No privacy rights section — no retention limits, no general deletion right, no CCPA or state rights. No breach notification commitment. No encryption or SOC 2 claims. No Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. Terms change by continued use, so collection scope can expand quietly.
TWO FOOTGUNS
Arbitration and class action waiver, with only 30 days from signup to opt out. And replying STOP to their texts also disables your sign-in codes.
An always-on screen recorder creates a searchable record of your life that didn’t exist before. It can be subpoenaed, breached, or sold in an acquisition.
The risk isn’t that it’s buried. It’s that it’s enormous.
instinct.co/privacy-policy
instinct.co/terms
Hey Instinct, it's not cool to index and retain my emails without my permission and not let me delete them from your records?
I can't recommend this to anyone until this is figured out. Thanks
@clairevo for spotting this.