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Apple to Shell Out $95 Million to Settle Siri Spying Lawsuit [Updated]
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"After the 2019 scandal about contractors listening to accidental Siri recordings"
Accidental my you-know-what!
Apple says that the Siri recordings being listened to was accidental yet states that the contractors were there to evaluate Siri so therefore could only do that by DELIBERATELY listening to Siri recordings, so which is it Apple?
Accidental my you-know-what!
Apple says that the Siri recordings being listened to was accidental yet states that the contractors were there to evaluate Siri so therefore could only do that by DELIBERATELY listening to Siri recordings, so which is it Apple?
The recordings were accidentally triggered. The listening was deliberate to assess the cause of the trigger. the only “scandal” was that Apple was using contractors instead of full time employees and they admitted that.
In this lawsuit those contractors were the “third parties”.
It his both of these as it happened to me that I spoke about something to my girlfriend that nobody else knew about and within a few minutes I was shown an ad on my iPhone for that very specific thing.
Apple claiming innocence here simply will not wash, Tim Cook has to go and soon!
That is not true and has never been true, look up something called Echelon which I uncovered before the internet was a thing and my dad who worked with the secret squirrels tried to convince me was not a thing.
Apple is doing this to sweep it under the rug and stop damaging info from being made public in court!
You want us to look up something with a generic name that you discovered before the internet existed? And that is relevant to this how?
Tell me about it. I use Siri to play my Apple Music playlists that I have numbered such as I have one called My 1970's playlist and My 1980's playlist etc and if I ask for anything other than the 1980s one I get the response that no such playlist exists and if I ask for the 1980's one I get Meatloaf playing which I do not have that song on any playlist.
Tim Cook needs to be fired as he is beyond useless in my view.
Actually there was enough evidence to precede as the case was allowed to go further after it was refiled due to not including specific examples which was then done.
There are countless proof that this happens including a private conversation for a very very very specific thing I was talking to my girlfriend about then a few minutes later I got that very very very specific thing shown on my phone as an advert.
Yup! I've been saying it for long enough that Tim Cook needs to be fired as regardless of any unethical behaviour he may have done, he in my view is about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.
There have been zero new products under him that were 100% his and were not the result of projects that Steve Jobs released or started but did not get the time to release apart from the Apple credit card and Apple Cash both of which are failures as more than 5 years later we still have no Apple Cash or Apple Card outside of the US with no signs they ever will be released out of the US.
Even if they were released then by the time they are it will be too late as it would be like releasing the iPhone to the US and US only, then 10 years later releasing it to the rest of the world and we are expected to act like we have no clue and all wow and oooh at Tim showing it to us and wanting applause for zero innovation in an ***** card.
I miss the old days under Steve Jobs where new products were released and they blew you back in your seat and took your breath away such as the MacBook Air and Steve showing it fitting inside an envelope!
I am not saying Steve did not have his scandals or that he never did anything unethical but I miss the innovation and his showmanship and th fact that he could get projects off the ground and released.
Tim had 10 years to get the Apple car released and it is cancelled after spending billions of dollars for nothing because he has zero clue!
He needs to go and go now!
I'm assuming this was a 3rd party app and you or wife or never used a device to search for said thing?
Flawed analogy as Google are more like Lister in that he refused to be judged despite being guilty!
Trust me Apple are guilty, end of!
I caught them out once when the only device in the room with my girlfriend and I was my iPhone and we were talking about something very private and specific then a few minutes later I got that very specific ad on my phone!
The only thing active was Siri!
Trust me that Apple are guilty here as I keep saying I caught them out with zero and I mean ZERO ay it could be anyone other than Apple!
Apple like a lot of tech companies want power and as such they can to achieve that and that means working with advertisers not against them and yes this includes Apple who are not saints, they just have a good PR dept.
Did you know that Apple refuse to let anyone on TV use their products unless they are good people and doing good.
This is to fool people that Apple are a good company that they only do good when anyone not brainwashed knows this is not true!
Sorry my bad, what I mean to say was that Apple claimed that contractors accidentally listened to the accidentally triggered recordings and that could. not be true as Apple contradicted themselves.
Let’s be honest, all companies do this but Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are the big 4. Pay me monthly for my data and you can have it. But if you’re not paying we shouldn’t have to sue to protect ourselves from targeted ad campaigns.
This is exactly what I also have said, no way Apple settled out of court to save lawyers fees that would be like loose change found down the back of the couch for them.
It makes you wonder about the system when paying 100 million in a settlement is cheaper than paying your lawyers to defend you in court.
It is called AI in that it happens automatically just as websites will show you ads for products you searched for on Google!
This is a thing so much that Apple admitted it as they showcased Safari's ability to stop it!
This is not the same thing but nice try.!
You think that nobody should have any privacy to any degree in which case tell me your ATM PIN number and bank details !
NO, why not?
Baloney! The lawsuit did not go ahead but there was sufficient proof that Apple are guilty otherwise the lawsuit would not have been allowed to proceed after being previously rejected due to no specific evidence being included which was then aded hence the case being allowed.
Apple claims they settled to save legal costs which is further baloney as they can afford legal costs all day long with ease.
Apple spent ten years and wasted $10 BILLION to produce NOTHING and did not complain about the costs once so therefore this is just lies from Apple as the truth is that had this gone to court Apple would have been subject to discovery and that means highly damaging prof would emerge that this goes much deeper than we think and Apple would be in real trouble!
The truth will out soon!