Caution: Apple may listen to your conversations with Siri

It turned out not only to Google listens to User talk with your voice assistant. Edition of The Guardian, citing an anonymous source had toldThat in a similar way Apple employees come with Siri. It is not often, but it can be enough to get someone's personal information from falling into the wrong hands.

Contractors are responsible for quality control SiriEvery day listen to less than 1% of the records of conversations with a voice assistant, with often only a few seconds. But during this time the person can tell someone's contact details or, for example, location. Sometimes, even employees become witnesses of crime.

Apple has responded to the statement and noted that protects the recorded conversations. They are not tied to Apple IDAnd study them in the "protected objects" are people who are obliged to observe "strict confidentiality requirements."

But this is not enough. According to the source, the contractors and then fired, and in their place come new people, which Apple does not check very carefully. Therefore, any person can get into the company, get someone's confidential data, to resign and use the information for their own needs.

Unfortunately, there is no way to disable Siri to send specific data to Apple's servers - you can only fully turn off the voice assistant. The risk that someone will use your information, is small, but it still exists. Therefore, in terms of audio processing companies have work to do.