@zackwhittaker

Always listening/recording = always surveilling.

Thanks, Apple, for making the decision to seek out another phone so much easier.

I want a phone, not a tether. I don't want my phone creating a 24/7 record of what goes on around me, day or night, not even after I've eaten Taylor Farms lettuce.

@zackwhittaker not available in the EU right? Right?

@zackwhittaker Apple's done. Nothing new, fascist, obedient to tyrants. Toast.

@zackwhittaker The worst part is the "How Audio Intelligence features protect the privacy of those nearby" which is just "we don't record who said it, but you still get to read anything we captured them saying".

So in other words, it doesn't protect their privacy at all.

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My LG TV already does half of this.

@zackwhittaker isn't this just illegal in all-party states? like, I don't know, _california_?

@zackwhittaker This version of fascism is going to be completely impossible to circumvent
It will quite literally be #1984 on steroids.
but at least Winston could stand in the corner, away from the viewscreen

@zackwhittaker We are living the dream. A by design always listening microphone always on us. What more could we possibly ask for!

@zackwhittaker Yup!! 👍 Excellent take on snoop gear✊

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Who wants to design the phone box for anyone who enters my house to put their phone while they visit?

Seriously. I am so not tolerating this.

@zackwhittaker Here’s the support page with additional details.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/148354

@zackwhittaker it’s also disappointing because it plays into existing conspiracy theories about “your phone is listening to you all the time”.

@zackwhittaker Big techbro will be watching you.

@zackwhittaker So we have the PervertGlasses and now comes the StalkerPhone

@zackwhittaker don’t they already do this when listening for „Hey Siri“?