![]() ![]() The whistleblower says there have been “countless” instances of Apple’s Siri voice assistant mistakenly hearing a “wake word” and recording “private discussions between doctors and patients, business deals, seemingly criminal dealings, sexual encounters” and more. The watch can record some snippets that will be 30 seconds – not that long, but you can gather a good idea of what’s going on. The regularity of accidental triggers on is incredibly high. The Guardian quoted the Apple contractor: ![]() Those two devices lead to Siri capturing the most sensitive data out of all the data that’s coming from accidental triggers and being sent to Apple, where human contractors listen to, and analyze, all manner of recordings that include private utterances of names and addresses. The contractor told The Guardian that the rate of accidental Siri activations is quite high – most particularly on Apple Watch and the company’s HomePod smart speaker. These voice assistant devices get triggered accidentally all the time, according to a whistleblower who’s working as a contractor with Apple. Well, not just when you’re talking to Siri, actually. ![]() If so, you presumably got one of its cutesy responses. Have you ever asked Apple’s personal voice assistant, Siri, if it’s always listening to you? ![]()
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