Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex, and contractors hear it
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#2> “These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data.”
This should be in the title.
Media was focusing on contractors listening to Google Assistant snippets not long ago — and those were anonymized. Private and identifying information was in the snippets, not metadata (the article mentioned this).
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#4Apple has extensively annotated iOS with understandable information about how data is used. The user has the ability to review this info when they enable Hey Siri, or any time in the Siri & Search settings. It lists the data that is sent to Apple when you activate Siri.
Personally, I’ve only ever seen Hey Siri falsely activate once, from something a character on TV said. (I could get Ok, Google to trigger on a friend’s phone by talking in a ridiculous falsetto that sounded nothing like the friend’s voice.) Per the law of large numbers I’m sure it does trigger in doctors’ offices and so on but I’m skeptical that it’s a widespread problem.
I do use Siri to dictate text messages all the time while I’m driving, and I’m sure I’d be embarrassed by one or two that human reviewers have heard.
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#5> “These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data.” This should be in the title. Media was focusing on contractors listening to Google Assistant snippets not long ago — and those were anonymized . Private and identifying information was in the snippets, not metadata (the article mentioned this).
I think the story is possibly confusing this bit. When recorded, and transmitted to Apple, the location, Apple ID, etc. of the recording device is known. The same (similar) would be true for any voice assistant.
When the contractors are reviewing snippets for training purposes, this data is anonymized. In the case of Apple;
> Apple has said that it takes steps to protect users from being connected with the recordings sent to contractors. The audio is not linked to an Apple ID and less than 1% of daily Siri activations are reviewed."
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#6Apple has extensively annotated iOS with understandable information about how data is used. The user has the ability to review this info when they enable Hey Siri, or any time in the Siri & Search settings. It lists the data that is sent to Apple when you activate Siri. Personally, I’ve only ever seen Hey Siri falsely activate once, from something a character on TV said. (I could get Ok, Google to trigger on a friend…
Siri activates almost any time I say “are you serious?!”, which is a phrase I say with some regularity.
I’ve definitely had it activated a number of times by the TV or when watching YouTube or Twitch.
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#7> “These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data.” This should be in the title. Media was focusing on contractors listening to Google Assistant snippets not long ago — and those were anonymized . Private and identifying information was in the snippets, not metadata (the article mentioned this).
I think the story is possibly confusing this bit. When recorded, and transmitted to Apple, the location, Apple ID, etc. of the recording device is known. The same (similar) would be true for any voice assistant. When the contractors are reviewing snippets for training purposes, this data is anonymized. In the case of Apple; > Apple has said that it takes steps to protect users from being connected with the recordings…
I wish the article was more clear on this.
It takes a lot of work to properly anonymize the data. The question is: what information does the operator see?
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#8If Siri reviewers encounter evidence of certain crimes such as murder, sex trafficking, pedophilia, or domestic abuse, it is obvious they have a basic moral duty to report the crime and turn over the evidence to investigators.
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#9Apple has extensively annotated iOS with understandable information about how data is used. The user has the ability to review this info when they enable Hey Siri, or any time in the Siri & Search settings. It lists the data that is sent to Apple when you activate Siri. Personally, I’ve only ever seen Hey Siri falsely activate once, from something a character on TV said. (I could get Ok, Google to trigger on a friend…
Siri activates almost any time I say “are you serious?!”, which is a phrase I say with some regularity. I’ve definitely had it activated a number of times by the TV or when watching YouTube or Twitch.
I had it trigger while watching an episode of Archer. I even went back and played it a few more times to double check it wasn’t a fluke.
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#10What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone. And also on Apple contractors' iPhones. And maybe on employee phones too. But if you're a criminal you can rest assured apple will never give your data to FBI.