4 ms·
Just because some UI element labeled "Enable Siri" can be toggled doesn't mean it works exactly as you, or even Apple devs, expect it to. And even phones withou
by jasonkostempski 9y ago
Just because some UI element labeled "Enable Siri" can be toggled doesn't mean it works exactly as you, or even Apple devs, expect it to. And even phones without digital assitant technology can be turned into remote listening devices.
- majormajor 9y agoYeah, exactly. You can tell the software to disable the feature, but the hardware is still wired up, and it could still be doing everything but the user-facing bits, or a future update could flip that on even if it's not presently doing it. I have an Android phone and I trust Google somewhat less in terms of personal-info-collecting than Amazon. :|
- jasonkostempski 9y agoI have an Android too but I lost all trust in Google when I realized the default keyboard sends my keystrokes to Google by default. And the number of times ive had to re-disable highly undesired defaults after an update is infuriating.
- baxtr 9y agoThat is of course correct from a technical perspective, but not from a trust perspective. I can’t remember that Apple has done anything like that on purpose. Sure, devs get wild, people hack, but I’d never expect them to do this systematically. With amazon, I’m not so sure. But maybe that’s just me
- rock_hard 9y agoI also can’t recall anything Amazon has done to question their honesty. Can you point us to facts please?
- crankylinuxuser 9y agoNo. Because of TLS 1.2 and key pinning, we cannot see what's actually going on with all the data transfer between this hardware and the mothership/owner. We can only do differential analysis, and say that X data was transmitted after doing X action. What that data entails, we do not know. If you're happy with that, cool. I'm not.
- rock_hard 9y agoSo you want for Amazon to not encrypt their service?
- CaptSpify 9y agoApple doesn't even let you turn off your own wifi https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16340460/apple-ios-11-control-center-wi-fi-bluetooth-tricking-users https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16340460/apple-ios-11-con...