Both Amazon and Google have been accused of stealing user data with their smart assistants , but now it seems that Apple's Siri isn't the most trustworthy assistant either.
According to a report in The Guardian, . The Apple employees can listen to your conversationsreason? To improve Siri.
What information does Siri get?
Siri is reportedly listening to conversations that most people wouldn't want to be made public. Siri can hear couples having sex, confidential medical information, drug deals, and more.
The recording of conversations is done through Apple devices, such as the Home Pod and Apple Watch.
supposedly done to test the quality of Siri. Apple evaluates various factors in its smart assistant, such as whether its activation is voluntary. In addition, it checks whether it is effective and helpful to users.
What does Apple say about this?
Apple hasn't said specifically whether or not it sends Siri recordings to its employees, but it has said that a small portion of the recordings (about 1%) are stored to improve Siri.
Apple, in a statement to The Guardian, said: “A small portion of Siri requests are analyzed to improve the smart assistant. User requests are not associated with a user’s Apple ID. Siri responses are analyzed in secure facilities, and anyone who reviews them is required to comply with Apple’s strict confidentiality rules.”.
This is not the first time that a smart assistant has stored data . As we said above, Amazon and Google have been accused of this many times. Alexa has been recording user data for quite some time. The company admitted it.
Even Google Assistant stores user data. Google admitted that it stores about 0.2% of data to enhance the AI assistant's skills.
All companies claim to store user data to improve services their. However, it is not right to use data without the consent of its owners. Especially when it comes to Apple, which considers the privacy of its customers very important, the issue of storing personal information takes on even greater dimensions.
