James
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Seeing people unquestioningly repeating this and it's not true. There has never been a single bit of non-circumstantial evidence of Apple using Siri conversations for ad targeting, and the settlement is for Apple sharing recordings of accidental Siri activations with their QA subcontractors.
"The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri's alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden"
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
arstechnica.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Seeing people unquestioningly repeating this and it's not true. There has never been a single bit of non-circumstantial evidence of Apple using Siri conversations for ad targeting, and the settlement is for Apple sharing recordings of accidental Siri activations with their QA subcontractors.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #258,105!
September 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #258,105!
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Twitter will break into two: Inoffensive Brand Curated Posts on Threads that will satisfy the normies and Bluesky: Thunderdome for the Brain Damaged
July 6, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Twitter will break into two: Inoffensive Brand Curated Posts on Threads that will satisfy the normies and Bluesky: Thunderdome for the Brain Damaged
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Threads is what you would get if only Twitter Blue users were allowed to post
July 6, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Threads is what you would get if only Twitter Blue users were allowed to post
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too many rich people trying to answer the question "what if we made an app that sucks" right now
July 6, 2023 at 1:09 AM
too many rich people trying to answer the question "what if we made an app that sucks" right now