I don’t know what kind of people thought Siri wasn’t spying on them.
It’s not clear how Siri would even function without spying on people.
Isn’t Alexa doing the same thing?
AP:
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade.
The alleged recordings occurred even when people didn’t seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words, “Hey, Siri.” Some of the recorded conversations were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers more likely to be interested in the goods and services, the lawsuit asserted.
The allegations about a snoopy Siri contradicted Apple’s long-running commitment to protect the privacy of its customers — a crusade that CEO Tim Cook has often framed as a fight to preserve “a fundamental human right.”
Apple isn’t acknowledging any wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing in Oakland to review the terms.
Anyone who uses Siri is necessarily retarded. Obviously, that is going to be recording you.
The question is, do iPhones turn on and listen to you randomly?
It seems like they might, but that has never been to court.
The best evidence that iPhones are secure is that all government employees use them. Google phones (Android) are definitely not being used by government people.
Most of us already know this but we are all being spied on by our own government via our phones.
Listen to this about Apple’s new upgrade and AI. Things are about to get much worse. Very disturbing. 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/xNMYw9GLC2
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