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“Siri: Are you recording me?” “No, but I am listening to you”

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After lack of reaction: former Apple employee presents letter to DPAs, asking them to investigate Siri recording the users. noyb.eu will be looking into the case. We generally believe that Siri only listens to us when triggered by the well-known command "Hey Siri!". In such cases, users are conscious of sharing their personal data – be it a search (“Hey Siri, show me the nearest restaurant”) or a simple joke (“Hey Siri, am I not awesome today?”). Letter blows whistle on Apple – again. A public letter shared today by whistle-blower Thomas Le Bonniec, a former employee of Apple, describes a different reality: According to Le Bonniec, Siri is even recording when it is not triggered by the users. Thousands of recordings were sent to Apple in order for hundreds of Apple employees to listen, analyse and transcribe their content. The public statement reveals that Apple collected millions of confidential messages, full of intimate details, political opinions, sexual preferences, and discussion

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