notsurewhereireddit t1_ixc3q4s wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:22 AM

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

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.

tied_laces t1_ixc4apx wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:30 AM

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.

Digital_Simian t1_ixchs0x wrote on November 22, 2022 at 12:21 PM

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".