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Exactly my thought. If they can connect all siri queries made by a user, it doesn't matter much if they don't store the name of that user. Deanonimisation happe
by rocqua 9y ago
Exactly my thought. If they can connect all siri queries made by a user, it doesn't matter much if they don't store the name of that user.
Deanonimisation happens easily through correlations, some correlations are really hard to predict.
Id't be better if they just didn't store an ID with the data.
- EwanToo 9y agoI think the article is badly phrased, and that they mean that _each_ individual Siri request from a device is from a random identifier, so they can't track it back to you.
- notyourwork 9y agoThis was my interpretation as well.
- falcolas 9y agoPer a recent article about Siri and third parties: > According to Wired, which reported on the story back in 2013, the data is shipped off to Apple's data farm for analysis, where it generates a random number that represents both the user and voice file. Six months later, Apple "disassociates" the user number from the clip, thereby deleting the number. The files are then stored for an additional 18 months, all for the sake of testing and product improvement.
- grigjd3 9y agoDissasociation is removing the entry on the map table. At least, it is where I work (Not an apple employee).
- sasmithjr 9y agoAccording to Apple's privacy page[0]: > Siri and Dictation do not associate this information with your Apple ID, but rather with your device through a random identifier. Apple Watch uses the Siri identifier from your iPhone. You can reset that identifier at any time by turning Siri and Dictation off and back on, effectively restarting your relationship with Siri and Dictation. So it looks like it keeps the same ID until you turn Siri off; if you turn Siri back on, you'll have a new ID. [0] https://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/