A privacy expert joins the Security Bite podcast to ask who benefits when you let an AI agent act for you, and what it can see about you.
Before you let an AI assistant act for you, ask who else it might be working for. That is the question Ron Zayas, CEO of Ironwall by Incogni, takes up on the Security Bite podcast from 9to5Mac, published October 22, 2026. The episode covers privacy around AI agents.
Ironwall by Incogni helps public officials erase their personal information and keep it off data brokers and people-search sites. Those are companies and websites that publish personal details about people. Zayas discussed that work on 60 Minutes earlier this year.
An AI agent is a tool that does tasks for you instead of only answering questions. To do that, it often needs to see your information. That is why the privacy question matters.
Security Bite is 9to5Mac's weekly look at Apple security, written by Arin Waichulis. Every other week, the podcast features an expert guest.
The episode description does not say what Zayas recommends, which AI assistants he has in mind, or what risks he names. Those details are in the full conversation, which is not summarized in the material available here.
The takeaway from the episode's framing is simple. Before using an AI agent, check what data it can see and who else benefits from it.
Before an AI tool acts for you, check what data it can see and who else benefits from it.
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