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flakesobran

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Original poster
Jun 2, 2017
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i have a couple of weird questions that I wasn't sure where to ask.

The first is this. I know that Apple has HomePod coming out pretty soon, I was just wondering if anybody knew if they were going to start adding smart features to Siri.

What I mean by this is that, currently I can say "Alexa, turn of Bedroom" and the lights go off in my room, or I can say "Alexa, change to channel 30" and the TV channel changes. It would be nice to be able to say "Siri, set iMac to sleep" or "Siri, run Updates on Laptop" from in bed

The second question I have is this. I just put an Apple CarPlay stereo in my car. I just noticed that when I plug it in, I have access to all my messages, music, contacts etc... somehow. Without even entering my passcode. Doesn't this seem like a security flaw? Just how much data is accessible through this method, and is this a backdoor to my phone's private data?
 
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