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Contractors listen to confidential Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant recordings, including medical and sexual encounters

Whistleblowers revealed that voice-assistant audio was routinely reviewed by contractors, exposing private moments captured by false activations, and Apple later paid $95 million to settle.

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theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-conf…

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