Hell paranoid: Do threaten "Living Picture" and "Hey, Siri!» User privacy

Apple is well known for its position with respect to the security of sensitive data users - the company does not collect the information and transmits it to third parties. However, announced at a function last week "Living Picture" and constantly working, "Hey, Siri!» raised questions, because they work for the iPhone has to constantly "listen" to you. How it all works, and it is really scary, sorted journalists TechCrunch.

"Living Picture"

As you probably know, "Living Picture" - a new format for photos on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which look like normal photos, as long as you do not press the display. After that, the picture "comes to life", turning into a tiny video with audio recorded in 1.5 seconds before pressing the shutter button, and after 1.5 seconds.

To ensure that the most polutorasekundnogo buffer before shooting, iPhone must constantly monitor the sound from the microphones. But do not worry, clock wiretapping would not "Living Picture" only work if the application is running "Camera". When the iPhone is just lying in your pocket, it does not "listen". At the same time Apple stresses that the information received does not accumulate and is not stored - are written only 3 seconds and only after you take the picture. Dot.

In fact, "Living Picture" are two files: a 12-megapixel photo and video in MOV format, but in iOS they look and appear in the gallery as ordinary images. This means that you can save them as static images or to share with someone. But to view them as a "Living Picture", of course, you need a device with iOS 9. One such snapshot volume approximately equal to the volume of two ordinary 12-megapixel images.

We consider the privacy and security "Living Picture" as well as the usual photos and videos. They remain only on your device as long as you do not upload them to iCloud or not to send anyone.

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By default, the "Living Picture" is included, but you can easily turn it off.

"Hey, Siri!»

Using the "Hello, Siri!» Is even more fear. In iOS 9 possibility to activate Siri without hail iPhone connect to the charging can be enabled during the initial setting up the device, and it is logical that most users will do this.

The catch is that to activate the iPhone voice virtual assistant should always hear you. However, Apple calms us and assures us in maintaining confidentiality.

The device under any circumstances can not record or sends said user to activate [Siri].

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It works like this: the sound of the microphone is constantly compared with your accent, "Hey, Siri!» (Which is written in the primary setting time), and only if it matches the pattern accent (as the phrase should sound on iPhone opinion), Siri is activated and your request is sent to the server Apple. Up to this point, the audio from the microphone is on the device, with a buffer of a few seconds is constantly overwritten, so that to restore the data will be impossible.

The data you send to improve Siri Apple is associated with a random ID that is not related to your Apple ID or personal information. Here, everything is transparent and legal.

If the user chooses to disable Siri, Apple will remove all data associated with the identifier of Siri, and the learning process begins anew.

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Apple could use the data, how it makes Google and other companies, arguing the collection of information by the fact that the data is completely anonymous and can not cause harm to users. But Apple has asked a high standard and, as we see, it tries to maintain. Therefore, you should not worry about the safety of personal data when using the "Live Photo", "Hey, Siri!» And I am sure that all subsequent new iOS features.