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MacRumors today reports on a couple of stories that have appeared on Wired over the past two days regarding the American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLU) comments about Apples Siri and privacy. In particular, the ACLU is concerned about statements that it has heard to the effect that Apple stores older disassociated voice clips from Siri users for a period of time, even after Siri has been deactivated by the user. The ACLUs lawyer, Nicole Ozer, expressed confusion about what Apple means by such phrases, adding, The only thing thats clear is we really dont know what may be happening to the personal information we have told Siri, even after we turn Siri off.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The ACLU also noted that some companies, such as IBM, have actually banned their employees from using Siri, because of privacy issues. In a new report on their previous story, posted today, Wired conveyed Apples official thoughts on the matter, saying that the voice files from the questions that you ask Siri are sent to Apples data farm, analysed, given a random number, and then stored randomly, and anonymously. After six months, the user number is disassociated from the voice file, but those voice file can be kept for 18 months or more for testing purposes. Ozer goes on to say that Apple should take more steps to inform users about Siris privacy issues, telling people to be careful what they say to Siri, because Siri works for Apple.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Source:[/FONT] Anonymized Siri Voice Clips Stored by Apple for Up to Two Years - Mac Rumors
MacRumors today reports on a couple of stories that have appeared on Wired over the past two days regarding the American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLU) comments about Apples Siri and privacy. In particular, the ACLU is concerned about statements that it has heard to the effect that Apple stores older disassociated voice clips from Siri users for a period of time, even after Siri has been deactivated by the user. The ACLUs lawyer, Nicole Ozer, expressed confusion about what Apple means by such phrases, adding, The only thing thats clear is we really dont know what may be happening to the personal information we have told Siri, even after we turn Siri off.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The ACLU also noted that some companies, such as IBM, have actually banned their employees from using Siri, because of privacy issues. In a new report on their previous story, posted today, Wired conveyed Apples official thoughts on the matter, saying that the voice files from the questions that you ask Siri are sent to Apples data farm, analysed, given a random number, and then stored randomly, and anonymously. After six months, the user number is disassociated from the voice file, but those voice file can be kept for 18 months or more for testing purposes. Ozer goes on to say that Apple should take more steps to inform users about Siris privacy issues, telling people to be careful what they say to Siri, because Siri works for Apple.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Source:[/FONT] Anonymized Siri Voice Clips Stored by Apple for Up to Two Years - Mac Rumors
