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"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"

arstechnica.comSiri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95MApple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.

this is, you'll recall, the company that's broadly heralded by the tech press as being "better on privacy" despite constant stories like that one, or this one:

washingtonpost.comAnalysis | When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anywayTo test Apple’s newest privacy protections, we watched the data flow out of 10 popular apps. Some appeared to be “fingerprinting” phones, a more invasive form of tracking.

the most damning thing is that they _are_

Roberto Baldwin

@strngwys.bsky.social

The least worst company is pretty low bar but here we are

"only denies it for a decade or so and then begrudgingly pays out a pittance" is top-tier behavior!

2/1/25, 8:54 pm2 reposts86 likes

Roberto Baldwin

@strngwys.bsky.social

Anil, sometimes you just have to think different (about how to steal data and sell it because the US has no interest in proper data privacy laws)