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One of the things Apple is known for is taking technology and delivering an integrated solution that is super easy for the non-technical user to use. Apple has
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
One of the things Apple is known for is taking technology and delivering an integrated solution that is super easy for the non-technical user to use. Apple has done the same with security. If you are a normal user that is not being actively targeted by a nation state, just buying and using a Mac or an iPhone with the default options results in a pretty secure by default scenario.
- egdod 7y agoUnless you use Siri, in which case random contractors might listen to anything you intentionally or unintentionally say to Siri.
- lostgame 7y agoSource on this? You couldn’t pay me to use a voice assistant, much less would I ever have a voice assistant in my home (Dear God, it scares me that people do this) - but AFAIK Siri doesn’t do this like Google does.
- groobongithub 7y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/28/apple-apologizes-for-listening-to-siri-conversations.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/28/apple-apologizes-for-listeni...
- pvg 7y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20830120/apple-contractors-siri-recordings-listening-1000-a-day-globetech-microsoft-cortana https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20830120/apple-contractor... The end result of this was, Apple brought the operation in-house and it's also now opt-in.
- lostgame 7y agoWow. Goddamn hypocrites. I’m honestly not shocked but I wish I was. So Apple’s ‘focus on privacy’ is pretty much just PR bullshit, then. That sucks. Was hoping for at least one last bastion of privacy.
- LiNeXT 7y agoAre "in-house" listeners supposed to be an improvement?
- bjtitus 7y ago"it's also now opt-in." I believe this is the improvement you are looking for.