(Ralph Flores) BigTech has long insisted that voice assistance is the next step when it comes to convenience, saying the technology can help people with every little need that pops up. But a new lawsuit challenges that narrative, alleging that voice assistants from Google and Apple listen in on, and even record, conversations — even if they’re not supposed to.
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Apple Suspends Program That Records Users Having Sex And Buying Drugs
(Zero Hedge) Last week, we reported a shocking revelation about Apple’s friendly personal assistant tool for mass surveillance Siri: The app “regularly” records people having sex, discussing private medical information, participating in drug deals and other “countless” invasive moments which it promptly sends to Apple contractors for their listening pleasure – all for the sake of “quality control”.
Shocking, Apple Blackmail? Siri “Regularly” Listens In On Your Sexual Encounters, Apple Insists “Only For A Few Seconds”
(Zero Hedge) Should it come as any surprise? And yet the details are shocking and outrageous. A whistleblower working for Apple has revealed to The Guardian that its popular voice activated spying device helpful virtual assistant Siri, now in millions of households, “regularly” records people having sex, and captures other “countless” invasive moments which it promptly sends to Apple contractors for their listening pleasure”quality control”: