Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings

Posted by siavash on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:09PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-confidential-details-on-siri-recordings

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Re:Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' o... by tthisk on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:54AM (#20555891)

Why is it so hard to properly parse the wake word? My Google home turns on all the time from background noise. Is there a specific technical challenge that makes it hard to avoid these false positives?

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Re:Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' o... by tqi on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:53PM (#20538242)

Reaction to the same news about Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20402070

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Re:Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' o... by dzader on Monday July 29, 2019 @08:42PM (#20561038)

love how openly biased and full of shit everyone on HN is. Google does it and the world is ending but apple does it and not a peep

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Re:Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' o... by notadoc on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:39PM (#20538161)

Is anyone surprised by this?

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