This article was originally published on ARPU. View the original post here. Salesforce-owned Slack, the ubiquitous workplace messaging app, recently made a quiet but significant policy change.

[Update: After hearing about this issue, Slack has revoked access to its API. The company issued this statement: “This is not a Slack security issue but rather a case of an unlisted third-party app ...

Slack trains machine-learning models on user messages, files and other content without explicit permission. The training is opt-out, meaning your private data will be leeched by default. Making ...

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 06: In this photo illustration, the Slack logo is displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone in front of a computer screen displaying a Slack logo on February 06, 2019 in ...