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tied_laces t1_ixbw8xi wrote

Reply to comment by notsurewhereireddit in Researchers say iPhone usage data isn't as anonymous as Apple claims by Sorin61

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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[deleted] t1_ixbwf0a wrote

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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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[deleted] t1_ixc5hhj wrote

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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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