A cybersecurity firm just found 5,000 apps built with tools like Lovable and Replit sitting wide open on the internet. Financial records. Patient conversations. Corporate data. All searchable on Google. And now everyone is saying AI app building is dangerous. Here is the part they are skipping. The apps were not dangerous. The settings were. Most of these platforms default to public unless you manually switch them to private. The people building the apps did not know that. Not because they were reckless. Because nobody told them. I build apps without a CS degree. I have built a travel app, a lead generation tool, and a prompt system. None of them are sitting exposed on the internet. Because I learned that privacy settings exist and I check them before I share anything. If you are building with AI tools and you have never checked whether your app is set to public or private, go do that right now.

Empire let's give a big welcome to our newest Empireans in the building! We’ve had a wave of new members come in over the course of the last few weeks… so let’s welcome them inside! @Sheryl Williams, JD @Valerie Hail @Madison Aguilar @Chrystal Blaylock @Leah Fike @Sharon Crawford @M Smith @Pamela Kenneth @Shamiracle J @Debra Banks @Camilla Surnflødt @Adam McCollough Yall come on in and drop a quick intro below: • Your name • What you’re working on (or want to work on) • One thing you want help with right now And if you’ve been here, say hey to someone new. Don’t let people just sit in here quietly. Let’s connect. 👇🏾