She was grieving. Overwhelmed. Alone.
So she downloaded a mental health app.
It said it was private. It said it was safe.
It wasn’t.
In this episode of The Privacy Files, we follow the true story of a woman who turned to an AI-powered therapy app for help—only to find herself swept into a spiral of digital surveillance, police intervention, and data collection she never agreed to.
This is what happens when your pain becomes a data point—and when your most vulnerable moments are processed not by empathy, but by machine logic.
🧠 In This Episode:
Why most mental health apps aren’t protected by HIPAA
How your emotions are scanned, flagged, and scored by AI
The real risks of sharing vulnerable moments with apps and bots
What metadata these apps collect (and where it goes)
What to do if you've already shared too much
Tools to protect your privacy—even when you're at your most vulnerable
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Have you ever used a mental health app?
Did it help you—or haunt you?
Have you had something you said online misinterpreted by a machine?
Drop a comment or DM me—your story might end up in a future episode.
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