ITT: nobody that understands what confirmation bias is
The title is misleading as well. The article states a few times that there is no tangible evidence, just people that saw ads and thought it must be because they were listened in on. And Apple making a deal instead of letting a jury decide.
Additionally, the article says it’s through accidental Siri activations. Which, while bad, are not unexpected and you can disable that if you want.
There’s still no hard evidence that they’re always listening. It’s not impossible, it’s just improbable and impractical. And the risk for Apple, especially as they market themselves as a privacy-focused product, is much greater than the gain of a few dollars to show you an extra targeted ad.
It’s like people really want it to be true or something?
Because again, if you read the article, it’s very likely true that private conversations were recorded due to accidental Siri activations. NOT that they are always listening. NOT that those conversations were being used to feed ads. So that’s not what they’re settling for.
ITT: nobody that understands what confirmation bias is
The title is misleading as well. The article states a few times that there is no tangible evidence, just people that saw ads and thought it must be because they were listened in on. And Apple making a deal instead of letting a jury decide.
Additionally, the article says it’s through accidental Siri activations. Which, while bad, are not unexpected and you can disable that if you want.
There’s still no hard evidence that they’re always listening. It’s not impossible, it’s just improbable and impractical. And the risk for Apple, especially as they market themselves as a privacy-focused product, is much greater than the gain of a few dollars to show you an extra targeted ad.
It’s like people really want it to be true or something?
Then why did they immediately settle lol
If it was just confirmation bias, it would take basically no effort to dismiss the issue in court
Because again, if you read the article, it’s very likely true that private conversations were recorded due to accidental Siri activations. NOT that they are always listening. NOT that those conversations were being used to feed ads. So that’s not what they’re settling for.
This is not the "hard evidence" we need (and would not be hard to get if it were happening in the way people think it does).
I don't use any voice assistants personally because I still have concerns (but not a belief)