Apple has had its share of privacy concerns over the years, with users reporting that their phones are listening to them. Primarily, phone owners are getting advertisements when they have just had a conversation on the subject. Those people have a little vindication now, as just recently, Apple settled to pay the class action lawsuit Lopez v. Apple for violating customer data and privacy in 20191.
This lawsuit focused on Apple releasing Siri (Apple’s proprietary assistant software ) conversations to third-party contractors to better assist in improvements to the software. Apparently, these were activated accidentally due to misinterpreted trigger words such as “Hey Siri” being detected. This settlement is estimated to be $95 million, with each person in the lawsuit expected to receive $20 for each device.
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1https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/01/apple-suspends-siri-response-grading-in-response-to-privacy-concerns/
