Re:Reddit User confirms Siri/Cortana transactions are recorded
by aroch on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @01:51PM
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a-b) Affirmative consent isn't required every time...Once you've agreed -- which you're required to do the first time you use Siri/Cortona/Now -- they've fulfilled the legal requirement.
c) Why would it? You've already consented.
d) So?
e) It tells you that your voice data may be processed online, it requires a data connection for processing.
f) There's no law on the books anywhere, as far as I'm aware, that covers bystanders.
Re:Reddit User confirms Siri/Cortana transactions are recorded
by bhayden on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @05:26PM
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for f), There are lots of states where it's illegal to record someone in real life without their consent or their being aware they're recorded. If someone used Siri next to me while I was talking, they'd (or maybe Apple) be breaking the law in some states.
Re:Reddit User confirms Siri/Cortana transactions are recorded
by aroch on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @08:12PM
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That's only if you have intent. Accidental or incidental recording is not illegal in any of those states. Otherwise every person making a phone call in public could possibly be in violation.
a) It doesn't alert you each time, b) you can use the Siri without getting such a notification (at least not frequently enough that I remember receiving one), c) Siri doesn't answer with "this is Siri and this call is being recorded", d) it's easy to trigger the recorder accidentally, e) it's not even clear to the user that the request is sent home for processing (rather than being handled locally), and f) this wouldn't cover bystanders.