Apple will no longer listen to our conversations with Siri
A few days ago we reported quite important news regarding privacy on iPhone and iPad And it is that through an investigation it was known that Apple also listened to the conversations that users had with Siri
because it had previously been known that Google and Amazon have this type of practice. And, although there are differences between how and what kind of conversations the three companies collect, it was still worrisome.
Well, at least we Apple users should stop worrying about seeing our privacy invaded. Thanks to the investigation of the Spanish medium that broke the news in Spain and, later, to the investigation of an English medium, Apple has decided to suspend the Siri improvement program throughout the world, a program through which various conversations were collected.
In this case, Apple is defending something that it has always said is fundamental: the privacy of its users
This is because, in the investigations, the workers contracted to analyze the calls had heard conversations that they shouldn't have heard. From users selling drugs, to users having sex, to users at the doctor's office.
And, despite the fact that the conversations that are collected are after invoking Siri, Siri can be activated by mistake. Something that can be very easy to happen since, to invoke Siri, all you have to do is hold down the Home or the side button.
Siri doing a Beatbox
Faced with the barrage of criticism and reactions and, in view of the conversations to which the workers have had access, they have chosen to cut it in the bud by eliminating the program for now. And, they let it be known that in a future update of iOS they will give users the ability to choose specifically that is sent.
Does this make Siri less effective than it already is? The answer is a no. From Apple they say that they will completely review the system. And that they opt for other ways to improve their virtual assistant. What do you think? Apple is showing, precisely, concern for respecting something that it always presumes on: privacy.
