> I still would not want another active listening device tied to a mega corp within my vicinity. I wish more people were like you and voiced their concerns abo

> I still would not want another active listening device tied to a mega corp within my vicinity. I wish more people were like you and voiced their concerns about this ongoing problem around centralization of services. However...see http://www.cultofmac.com/264381/hardware-siri-runs-puts-new-mac-pro-shame/ http://www.cultofmac.com/264381/hardware-siri-runs-puts-new-...: > Over on Reddit, a post suggests that there are 3 main ‘instances’ (or server farms) for Siri in the United States, and at least one for every other country. > This information allegedly comes — albeit second-hand — from Apple’s lead cloud architect, who says that every instance of Siri runs on 32 powerful HP servers with a total of 1024 cores and 32 terrabytes of RAM apiece. That certainly makes the new Mac Pro look long in the tooth. > Specifically, each instance of Siri is made up of 4 HP c7k enclosures made up of 8 HP server blades each, with memory upgrades to 1TB of RAM. > According to the post, if one server dies, it’s simply removed and another one slapped in, with no downtime. Granted, there are a lot of people yacking at Siri at a given time, but still. You probably need a fair amount of horsepower to pull this off.