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Alexa Will No Longer Process Requests Locally, Recordings Will Be Sent to Amazon
Like Assistants of yesteryear, Alexa has always had an option for users to opt out of Telemetry. It made users less concerned about Amazon collecting their data, but that’s about to change. Soon, Alexa will not process requests locally, meaning your recordings with Echo devices will be sent to Amazon with no option to disable the same whatsoever. Here’s everything…
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Apple Agrees to Settlement for Unauthorized Siri Recordings
Apple has suggested a $95 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit about its Siri voice assistant. The lawsuit started after it was revealed that Siri sometimes recorded conversations by mistake, which might have been listened to by contractors. The class-action lawsuit was started because of a 2019 report about Apple’s third-party contractors. These contractors were responsible for checking the quality…
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