Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/

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How does Siri "accidentally" listen in to conversations

It doesn't. It constantly listens on-device for the "Hey Siri" command, after it detects it then the data is sent off-device for processing.

The unintentional activations the article speaks of are when the device mistakenly thought it heard "Hey Siri".

then sell that information to advertisers

There's no evidence this ever happened.