Apple employees sometimes listen to conversations with Siri
from Lars Matt 
on July 30, 2019, 8:45 pm | Write a comment
Apple has been promoting significantly better data protection than other providers for a long time. It has now been announced that the data protection “role model” is also listening in on conversations made by his voice assistant. There is also no way to log out.
We have known for a long time that Amazon and Google are listening in on conversations. These affect all conversations with Alexa or the Google Assistant. Only one person has so far claimed to be completely pure when it comes to data protection: Apple. So there has been no mistrust in Siri so far. Well, like "TheVerge“Now reported, Apple has not been transparent here either. The company has also hired employees who overhear voice recordings from Siri users. These are then used to improve the service.
Apple not transparent enough?
At that time, Amazon and Google did not directly communicate openly that they had hired appropriate employees. Nevertheless, Apple, which advertises a lot with data protection, has to communicate this very openly. In the meantime, the company has confirmed the eavesdropping - but too late and without the possibility of logging out. After all, Siri can be found on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and on the Apple Homepod. However, you do not link the data with the Apple ID of the user, they announce.
Like an insider to "The Guardian“Emphasizes, the company has recorded private conversations (for example with a doctor, addresses and even drug deals). You don't just save the transcript, i.e. the pure text, but the complete recording. There is no possibility for the user to view them, to log off or to delete them. At least not yet - according to these reports, such a function will be foreseeable pretty soon.
Nevertheless, a company that advertises a lot with data protection and sells very expensive devices for this purpose must also do this consistently. Half-half data protection doesn't work.
