Recapped In Someone Else's Life
There is a movie trope where two person are gossiping about someone else in a toilet. And when they left, the camera zooms in to a stall, the door opens, and there you see the shocked expression of the gossipee. Never gossip about anyone in a toilet before checking there are nobody listening in the stalls.
With the new Apple Watch, someone may also be… not recording, but transcribing every word that you utter. All day long (Siri Recap), or the last 15 seconds (Live Rewind). You cannot check the stalls.
I’ve studied Apple’s privacy and security provisions and mistakes for nearly 30 years. But I have concerns about these features from social, political, safety, and legal standpoints.
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Link:
- Should Your Apple Watch Always be Listening?, by Glenn Fleishman, Six Colors
- About Audio Intelligence Features on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, by Apple
- Live Rewind Is a Creepy Part of Apple’s Audio Intelligence Suite, by Nick Heer, Pixel Envy