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badgolferman wrote on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 10:52:40 -0000 (UTC) :

> Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its
> voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were
> then shared with third parties and used for targeted ads.
> 
> In the proposed class-action settlement�Xwhich comes after five years of
> litigation�XApple admitted to no wrongdoing. Instead, the settlement refers
> to "unintentional" Siri activations that occurred after the "Hey, Siri"
> feature was introduced in 2014, where recordings were apparently prompted
> without users ever saying the trigger words, "Hey, Siri."
> 
> Sometimes Siri would be inadvertently activated, a whistleblower told The
> Guardian, when an Apple Watch was raised and speech was detected. The only
> clue that users seemingly had of Siri's alleged spying was eerily accurate
> targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific
> items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden, Reuters noted (claims
> which remain disputed).
> 
> It's currently unknown how many customers were affected, but if the
> settlement is approved, the tech giant has offered up to $20 per
> Siri-enabled device for any customers who made purchases between September
> 17, 2014, and December 31, 2024. That includes iPhones, iPads, Apple
> Watches, MacBooks, HomePods, iPod touches, and Apple TVs, the settlement
> agreement noted. Each customer can submit claims for up to five devices.
> 
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/

While Apple is no better or worse than Google in murdering privacy, what's
DIFFERENT about Apple is that Apple claims to care about your privacy.

Yet every fact about Apple products shows Apple murdered privacy too.

Apple is the expert in pious duplicity.