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Re:Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while driving by eyeareque on Saturday July 11, 2015 @11:59AM (#9870232)
This makes me wonder, does the "hey Siri" recognition happen on the phone or on their servers? If it happens on the server does that mean that it's secretly uploading a recording of everything I say?
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Re:Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while driving by kaolinite on Saturday July 11, 2015 @12:41PM (#9870442)
No, it's 100% local. Even ignoring the privacy concerns of uploading everything you say, it would simply use too much data.

You also need to opt-in: it's turned off by default and can be enabled by going to Settings > General > Siri > Allow "Hey Siri."

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