An apple whistleblower has come forward to expose the company.
They claim that siri regularily records your private conversations, and the people back
at apple listen to them.
We all know that amazon alexa and google home records private conversations, it was only
a matter of time before someone exposed apple for doing it too.
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Listen ok, I’m an apple user, and I really enjoy apple products.
I even just bought myself airpods and I honestly don’t know how I ever lived without them.
I love them so much, even though they are expensive.
But when you’re spending a lot of money on apple products, I think it goes without
saying that you expect there to be a high level of security that goes along with them.
Apparently that isn’t the case.
An anonymous apple whistleblower who is a subcontractor at apple came forward with an
insane claim, that siri records apple users private conversations.
And not just private conversations, siri records apple users when they have sex, when they
are talking to their doctors, and when they engage in illegal activity like drug deals.
The subcontractor didn’t want to be named because they still work at apple and they
don’t want to lose their job.
But it has been confirmed that Apple Siri conversations are being reviewed by external
contractors, even though it doesn’t state that humans are listening to conversations
in its privacy documentation.
They said and I quote.
The sound of a zip, siri often hears as a trigger.
So like, for example, if a dude is unzipping his pants.
I don’t know who the heck at apple thought that would be a good idea.
A zipper sound?
Really?
The whistleblower said, there have been countless instances of recordings featuring private
discussions between doctors and patients, business deals, seemingly criminal dealings,
sexual encounters and so on.
These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details and app
data.
Siri can also be activated in other ways, for instance, if an apple watch detects it
has been raised and then hears speech, siri is automatically activated.
And products like the Apple watch and the home pod smart speaker are the most likely
products to record your private conversations.
To make matters even worse, according to this whistleblower, apple doesn’t just record
your conversations and store them on a server.
A number of samples are sent to third party human contracters whos literal job is to listen
to them Apple has responded to the claims and they
said that only 1 percent of recordings are used to improve its responses to user requests
and to measure when the device is activated accidentally.
But when you think about how many people use apple devices, 500 million, 1 percent of 500
million is still 5 million.
I guess their next statement can kind of put your mind at ease.
The recordings that apple contractors analyze are not associated with the users apple ID.
They said, Siri responses are analyzed in secure facilities and all reviewers are under
obligation to adhere to apples strict confidentiality requirements.
But, the whistleblower said that There is a very high turnover rate at apple.
Employees are coming in and out all the time, and theres a hefty amount of subcontractors.
The whistleblower said, there’s not much vetting of who works there, and the amount
of data that we’re free to look through seems quite broad.
It wouldn’t be difficult to identify the person that you’re listening to, especially
with accidental triggers – addresses names and so on.
I’ll leave you guys with this thought.
They say that voice activation is the future of technology, sooner or later, everything,
every piece of technology we use will be voice activated.
but think about it.
If your voice is being recorded and stored, then how is technology supposed to differentiate
between a command and a private conversation?
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