Apple also listens to conversations
A short time ago it came to the fore that Google and Amazon, in addition to tracking the activity of their users, listened to private conversations of the users. Google through all your smart devices like smartphones and your smart speaker and Amazon through Echo by Alexa
It seemed that Apple was not included in that bag, but thanks to the media El País, it has been possible to know that something similar is happening. The conversations that users have with Siri, the virtual assistant of iOS, Mac and Apple Watch, They are transcribed to improve the service.
Conversations heard by Apple were exclusively conversations in which Siri was invoked
Apple itself informs us, when configuring Siri and privacy options, that certain data may be analyzed and used to improve the service and we, the users, can choose whether or not they are sent.
In addition, there are reportedly clear differences between what Apple does and what Google andhave been known to do Amazon First of all, the transcribers of Apple have made it clear that all conversations obtained have been from conversations that users have had with Siri
One of the privacy improvements that iOS 13 will bring to the iPhone
That is, after Siri has been started by the user or by mistake (by saying Hey Siri or something similar or by holding down the button that invokes SiriThis did not happen with Google and with Amazon, in which case it was verified that daily conversations were transcribed, in which the users had not invoked the assistant .
Secondly, it has also been revealed that, although this data is sent and stored, it is completely disassociated from the user, making it impossible to know who it corresponds to. Just the opposite happened with those compiled by Google, thanks to which researchers were able to go to the specific house and talk to the specific people who took part in a conversation.
What do you think? Although Apple makes it clear that some data can be sent and stored if we give our consent, these findings are still striking and disturbing.
