If ever you've thought that your AI may have been listening in on your private conversations...
...well, you may be entitled to a little payola:
Eligible Apple customers can now apply for their share of a $95 million Siri snooping payout. A website has been set up to distribute the funds, allowing Apple device owners in the US who experienced an unintended Siri activation during private conversations between September 17th, 2014, and December 31st, 2024, to submit a claim.
Siri could've been listening to my private conversations at some point for ten years?
My thoughts on that are roughly:
The settlement is based on a 2019 suit that alleged Siri was listening to people's conversations without being activated on the device, then selling those spied on convos to third-party advertisers and such.
Yes, Apple settled not wanting to take this to court.
Applications "are open until July 2nd, 2025." Claims can be submitted for "up to five Siri-enabled devices," including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, HomePod, iPod touch, and Apple TV.
Here's the kicker: The user must "swear under oath" that "the voice assistant was unintentionally activated on each device." And:
If approved, settlement payouts are capped at $20 per device.
Yes, you'll soon be rolling in the dough if you can just prove that Siri spied on you!
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