Apple makes the roller coaster. After a day that was marked Thursdayby an announcement by Tim CookAnd a good exercise on the stock market +2 % over the last 24 hours, now the alarm clock acts as a cold shower. Indeed, this morning, Apple opens their eyes withA complaint from the Human Rights Leagueon his desk.
The latter assures that Apple makes a"Illicit treatment"Personal data, especially on the subject of "accidental" listenings carried out by Siri. This complaint is based on the accusations of Thomas Le Bonniec, former Apple employee in Cork in Ireland, who has become a whistleblower.
He was recruited in 2019 by Apple. His work: listen to audio recordings and transcribe them. But what he will discover will push him to resign and make this affair public. These conversations are indeed accidental triggers from Siri,"You hear very intimate, even violent things that are not shared with strangers", he explains.
Apple pleads the accident
For its part, the apple brand does not deny that these recordings have taken place, nor that they were not treated by internal teams. But the Cupertino firm tries to put water in its wine. Faced with charges of spying, she replied that these listenings took place for one goal: to improve Siri, to precisely reduce accidental triggers.
The Cupertino firm assures that it has never used this personal data for commercial purposes. An opinion shared by Luc Julia, co-creator of Siri: "Apple would get a ball in the foot if we discover that this data is used for something other than the improvement of the service. »»
Despite everything, the scandal grows. In the United States, a first legal action has just ended on an amicable agreement.The apple will pay $ 95 millionTo escape the courts. An impossible practice in France, it remains to be seen whether the complaint of the LDH will go to the end, a similar case in Ireland had finally been classified without follow -up in 2022, for lack of evidence.
Last important figure to have in mind concerning this case, Apple ensures that 0.2 % of Siri's triggers are the subject of subsequent human listening. Each time user data is anonymous so that the people in charge of these listenings cannot make any link with the real world.
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