Siri the Spy by ANTHONYT

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Siri the Spy

POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Monday, May 28, 2012 09:22
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Friday, May 25, 2012 1:30 PM

Freedom is Important because People are Important

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/tech/mobile/ibm-siri-ban/index.html

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In fact, Apple's iPhone Software License Agreement spells this out: "When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text," Apple says. Siri collects a bunch of other information -- names of people from your address book and other unspecified user data, all to help Siri do a better job.

Hello,

If you are naive like me, you may have assumed that the speech to text function was handled locally. What a shock to discover all your spoken words are transmitted to an apple site somewhere where they are potentially stored for an indefinite period. Never mind contacts and other info.

I wonder how hard it is to produce a recording of someone saying something they didn't say. Shades of Tango and Cash.

--Anthony

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Friday, May 25, 2012 3:18 PM

OONJERAH

I have only a home telephone. Never had anything resembling a cell phone.
I am a dinosaur thataway. -- But now I feel kinda belittled, snubbed.

Shouldn't Ma Bell be recording me?

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I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles R Swindoll

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Friday, May 25, 2012 3:26 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

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Shouldn't Ma Bell be recording me?

Hello,

Well... she is and has been.

There was some noise around the time Obama got elected involving illegal wiretapping.

And that's not the half of it, I'm afraid.

Still- no need to add tinder to the flame. This sort of thing should be discouraged.

--Anthony

Note to Self:
Raptor - women who want to control their reproductive processes are sluts.
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Never forget what these men are.
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -Thomas Szasz

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Friday, May 25, 2012 3:49 PM

BYTEMITE

Not at all surprising, big brother would have demanded that feature.

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Friday, May 25, 2012 4:52 PM

OONJERAH

We must encrypt all our email, too.

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Monday, May 28, 2012 8:09 AM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

No surprise here. I always knew they could record me on whatever phone I had if they wanted to, Siri just makes it easier. Thus my complete uninterest in the latest gadget phones, plus I'm a Ludite and hate learning new things with technology, it makes me angry and makes me cry, so I avoid it when possible.

I assume you're my pal until you let me know otherwise.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya.

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Monday, May 28, 2012 9:22 AM

FREMDFIRMA

In the same vein... looks like the gig is up on one of the reasons I am so happy to collect and dispose of used office equipment....

*buffs nails and shrugs*

-F

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