iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On ‘Hey Siri’

Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by Feniks on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:04PM (#15735316)

Well I'm not an idiot. Things like Siri do not exist to help me or improve my life like the marketing and Apple fans proclaim.

It exists to sell me shit and make people money.

Not nefarious, I accept capitalism. But at least let me turn it off.

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Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by ggreer on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:48PM (#15735552)

You can turn it off by going to Settings -> Siri & Search -> Listen for "Hey Siri".

It's not silently enabled by default. You choose on or off when setting up the device.

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Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by Feniks on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:56PM (#15737229)

Yeah I'm sure it will be just as easy as it was on win10 ;)

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Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by ggreer on Sunday November 19, 2017 @09:21PM (#15737323)

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Neither "Hey Siri" nor Siri itself is enabled by default. It takes 3 seconds to disable if you ever change your mind. To imply otherwise is either ignorant or disingenuous.

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Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by Feniks on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:46AM (#15739051)

We'll see how deeply embedded it is in the OS. Disabling Cortana didn't shut down Cortana.

I'm also looking forward to packet inspection.

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Re:iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On... by mcphage on Sunday November 19, 2017 @06:57PM (#15736684)

> It exists to sell me shit and make people money.

How does Apple use Siri to sell you shit?

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