Is Fireflies.ai safe to use?
Fireflies.ai is reasonably secure: it encrypts data, says it never trains AI models on your content, and offers a DPA. The catch is visibility: its default Notetaker joins calls as a visible bot, and in a team workspace admins can access the meetings their members record unless privacy is configured. Reline has no bot at all and is private by default.
Fireflies.ai is reasonably secure: it encrypts data, says it never trains AI models on your content, and offers a DPA. The catch is visibility: its default Notetaker joins calls as a visible bot, and in a team workspace admins can access the meetings their members record unless privacy is configured. Reline has no bot at all and is private by default.
The details
- Fireflies encrypts transcripts at rest (AES-256) and in transit, states it does not train AI models on your meeting content, and enforces zero data retention with third-party processors.
- The default visibility is broader than many expect: in a workspace, admins can see meetings recorded by team members unless each user sets per-meeting or default privacy controls.
- By default Fireflies joins the call as a visible Fireflies Notetaker. Its bot-free desktop mode avoids that, but its own guide says the mode saves no audio or video file and labels speakers Speaker 1 and Speaker 2.
- Reline is private by default — no one can see a note without an explicit grant — records bot-free on your own device, and never uses your audio or transcripts to train third-party models.
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Last updated June 2026
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