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ffdfawtreteraffds t1_ixbl2sb wrote

What's next? Google tracking location history even when location setting is disabled? That can't be right, can it? I'm starting to think these mammoth tech companies aren't being fully honest with us.

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the_zelectro t1_ixbmmxk wrote

I'm sure that their terms of service has all of the legal exceptions and loopholes listed out. But, not worth reading...

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castagan t1_ixbzox5 wrote

Reading the entirety of it would likely count as a mr beast challenge vid.

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castagan t1_ixbzmoq wrote

But they sat in congress and couldn't understand the questions about tracking always being on by default... I too am shocked that the world's richest IT company would even consider making money from the most widespread data collection resource ever created...

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TheGreatArseholio t1_ixdc0hq wrote

My wife’s Facebook gave her an advert for a blog this morning, showing plants that are best for insomnia. I’m the one that hasn’t slept well in over a week, not her. I asked if she had mentioned it to anyone by text or was searching the internet looking for solutions, to which she said no.

“Facebook isn’t listening”, though.

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Mawskowski t1_ixdn0as wrote

Jp… voice.

Nevermind FB connecting friend suggestion with people you casually met, like the store register girl and stuff.

No I don’t have that crap feature turned on if wondering.

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nickmaran t1_ixce5jb wrote

Wait what? Don't tell me Facebook is tracking everything we do and sell or data

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nayeh t1_ixbq7of wrote

"Apple may share personal data with Apple-affiliated companies, service providers who act on our behalf, our partners, developers, and publishers, or others at your direction."

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/

I mean, it's written right there "Partner". 👉🤠👉

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GarbageTheClown t1_ixbscfn wrote

>others at your direction

You are missing the key part there. This talking about apps and such when you've chosen to share that data with 3rd party providers.

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MomentOfXen t1_ixcmdxu wrote

That is at the end of an or statement, that is a separate item.

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JocoLabs t1_ixbm7ww wrote

"Our usage data indicates you are using it wrong"

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tied_laces t1_ixbwmgh wrote

Looks like most everyone here didn’t read the article. Mist filed suit specifically because when you browse the App Store, they know it’s you. And it violates their T&Cs. Not really that scary.

But, I think we all assumed apple was watching when you browse the App Store on your iPhone…right?

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placeboAIDS t1_ixbms4c wrote

People actually believed this?smh

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Sentherus t1_ixbqete wrote

Oh no! The Apple App Store knows who you are… As if it didn’t already need to know that in order to serve you apps. 😂

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the_zelectro t1_ixbmgq7 wrote

Say WHAaaaa?

I never would've guessed in a million years😒

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Themoastoriginalname t1_ixbmjpl wrote

Why people do actual believe what big companies tell you .ohhh because is Apple and blah blah blah ...yeah sure ok.

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CatastropheJohn t1_ixc13fa wrote

I went for a nature walk the other day and felt self conscious taking a pee. Don’t forget the trail cams

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tied_laces t1_ixcr79h wrote

There is a switch : Settings > Accessibility > Always Listen for “Hey Siri”

Turn that off

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Snow_Polar_Bear t1_ixczla5 wrote

Apple will eventually becomes Google. Data collection is everything. People buy VPN and didn’t realize it’s all tracked too. Welcome to world of data communism.

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TheJadedSF t1_ixdx98s wrote

You are a fool if you think anything that connects to the Internet is anonymous, secure, private. There is always a way.

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nobody-u-heard-of t1_ixe0q97 wrote

Gee a billion dollar company fibbed about something they are using to make money. I mean who would think that could ever happen!?

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ArmsForPeace84 t1_ixfnmjn wrote

Next, you're gonna be telling me their hardware isn't competitively priced.

Or that they're not as committed to the right to independent repair as they claim to be.

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notsurewhereireddit t1_ixbq5ko wrote

Only vaguely related but check this out: The other day at work I was in a meeting with a colleague when I received a text. I didn’t check the phone yet but kept talking. A minute later the phone chimed again reminding me that I hadn’t checked the message yet. When I checked the screen I saw that it was from my immediate supervisor so I unlocked the phone to check the message and saw that there was a ton of text in the text box as though I had typed a long message (maybe 100 words). It was a (poor) transcript of the conversation I was having with my colleague.

Never said “Siri” or anything like it. Fucking phone just about sent a transcript of a conversation with a colleague to my boss.

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VarietyIllustrious87 t1_ixccnex wrote

We'd be hearing about this constantly if it was a thing that actually happens.

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notsurewhereireddit t1_ixddes1 wrote

Shrug. Your belief is not a requirement for the truth. This happened to me on Friday, though. I’m kicking myself for hurriedly deleting instead of taking a screenshot first.

I agree, though. If it happened to me I’d imagine it has or will happen to others and that it would be a significant story. It’s positively alarming.

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tied_laces t1_ixbw8xi wrote

Yeah that’s all on you. Some people like Siri….some people don’t. Turn it off on your iPhone. It has nothing to do with the privacy article.

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tied_laces t1_ixc3feu wrote

I can see I’m the asshole.
Siri will transcribe your voice if you let it…it has happened to me. The result is a text is put in draft mode….then you turn it off. Dafuq that have to do with the article?

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tied_laces t1_ixc5vgd wrote

So did you try putting it in airplane mode and talking to Siri? What happens?

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notsurewhereireddit t1_ixc3q4s wrote

Yeah I get that I can turn off Siri for added protection, but how is it not a privacy issue? My phone transcribed a conversation-unbidden-and appears to have been prepared to text that transcript to someone in my contacts list. It wasn’t Siri, because as I mentioned I never initiated that program. Seems like a huge privacy issue to me.

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tied_laces t1_ixc4apx wrote

Well… because it is said up front that Siri is consuming your audio to produce a response. It seems really obvious that if you explicitly give a cloud personal information, it know it’s you. If Siri was running in the background sending all of your audio, your iPhone battery would die in 1hr.

So, Siri has a switch to listen to collect the data.

Fwiw, I hate Siri, I’m a iOS developer . I have a good friend that works at Apple working on Siri. I don’t use Siri and I’m very aware of what Apple collects.

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Digital_Simian t1_ixchs0x wrote

It might not be sending your audio, but to work it does have to constantly listen for that trigger. It doesn't always get it right either. My work phone is a iPhone and Siri triggers all the time.

I drive alot for work and have to setup routes in maps. Just with the radio on I can see Siri triggering and listening multiple times a day. It's weird because it's often a phrase not even close to "hey Siri".

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[deleted] t1_ixdsdgn wrote

It’s not anonymous at all - Apple is great at spinning tech news in their favor…. I.e., Apple uses user data to make for a better user experience and therefore can do no wrong….. source, I worked for Apple for 18 years….

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halfanothersdozen t1_ixbqjcc wrote

Not Apple! They were supposed to be the megacorporation trying to invade every aspect of our lives with their hardware, software, and subscription services that we could trust!!!!1!!

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EvokeWonder t1_ixbrn2z wrote

No. You don’t say? I think we knew that when we buy a smart phone we basically signed our right to privacy away.

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