Remove the recording of their conversations with Siri to Apple servers

More recently, Apple was at the center of the scandal. It turned out that record user conversations with Siri listen employees of the company. Describes how to delete all your entries from the Apple servers.

Why do it

At the moment, Apple has already suspended wiretap worldwide. In the future, it will return, but will only be used with the user's permission. These data are needed to improve the recognition of your speech to the dictation and voice assistant worked better.

Here is an excerpt from of iOS Security Guide (page 76):

Record voice queries users are stored on the server within six months. speech recognition system uses these records to better understand the user's voice. After six months saved another copy of these records - without the ID. Apple stores this copy is not more than two years and uses it to improve Siri and development. After a lapse of two years, Apple can continue to use a small set of records, and transcripts related data without identifiers for continuous improvement and quality control Siri.

Simply put, Apple can store your notes and decrypt more than two years. These can be removed before - but the company does not provide clear instructions on how to do this, as opposed to Google and other companies with a similar practice. Make it still possible - although the location of the settings is difficult to name the obvious.

Deleting conversations with Siri to Apple servers

First, you need to disable itself Siri. If you need it, then it can be returned, but the trip is necessary to reset the data that are already on the server.

1. Open "Settings" → "of Siri and search."
2. Disconnect the two points: "Listen," Hey, Siri "and" Call Siri button "Home". On iPhone X / XS / XR second feature is called "Call Siri side button."
3. You will see a warning about removing the data from the server. Click "Disable Siri».

If you use the dictation function, it also sends data to the server. Disable it must be separately.

1. Open "Settings" → "General" → "Keyboard."
2. Scroll down until you see "Dictation". Turn this feature off.
3. You will see a warning about removing the data from the server. Click "Disable dictation."

Done, the data have been deleted successfully. Note: These steps need to be done on all devices. For example, if you iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with one Apple IDThey all sent data independently, and they have to be removed must also be individually.