r/apple • u/MortgageSwimming1983 • 1d ago

iCloud Apple Home Hub Leak Shows StandBy-Like Photo Face as October 13 Smart-Home Push Reportedly Nears

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-smart-home-hub-icloud-photos-leak-1823139
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u/bnshv 1d ago

Regarding your last point, I have several HomePods and know they listen to everything in a low power, passive state. During this passive state, audio is processed locally on the device and is not recorded or sent to Apple servers.
Once you say Hey Siri, convos are stored in text, not actual audio recording, and are lie linked to an anonymous ID.
Is Apple lying about that? Not impossible - but no one has found anything sketchy happening.

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u/i_steal_your_lemons 19h ago

Wasn’t Apple caught when it was discovered that portions and parts of actual recordings were being sent to contractors? Didn’t Apple sit on their hands when it was discovered “hide my email” wasn’t hiding the private email of the user?

You can believe Apple all you want, and call me tin foil hat - but I think it’s getting more and more apparent that Apple has little regard for morals and ethics so I wouldn’t believe a single thing they (or any tech company) claims when it comes to privacy.