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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by mbreese on Thursday July 17, 2025 @06:52PM (#44599187)
Get better PMs. Seriously. Users shouldn’t have to opt-out of something for privacy. Respecting privacy should be the default. If a user finds value in letting you listen to the microphone, then great! But you have to inform them! There are also other ways to get the same information — such as if the user also shares their calendar. This is sneaky and evasive behavior.

But none of this conversation makes me want to use Notion. We used to use it at $OLDJOB for meeting notes and light DB work for non-technical users. Now I’m happy we stopped.

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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by benaubin on Friday July 18, 2025 @08:17AM (#44603868)
have any in mind? we're hiring :)

http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/notion/jobs/6345904003

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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by jeanlucas on Friday July 18, 2025 @11:31AM (#44605838)
not sure if I wanna send someone your way if the current PMs are dropping the ball so hard. There's no guarantee if this behavior will be only encouraged for new hires.
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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by benaubin on Friday July 18, 2025 @12:16PM (#44606465)
in seriousness: we don't listen to your microphone unless you click the button that says "start transcribing" in big letters.

we dropped the ball with the support response quoted the top of the thread. we don't process your microphone data until you click the button to start transcribing, and remind the user to confirm they have two-party consent. we merely detect when a meeting app is using your microphone.

source: i work at notion, just checked the code. it's electron, you're welcome to check for yourself.

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