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Apple Sued Over Siri's Unauthorized Recording of Users

  • California iPhone owners file class-action privacy complaint
  • Company suspended use of reviewers who listen to Siri inputs
Apple’s HomePod speaker

Apple’s HomePod speaker

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Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings.

The lawsuit was filed as a class action Wednesday, just days after Apple said it would pause its program in which company contractors would listen to a small portion of Siri inputs to improve the voice recognition service. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. took similar steps after reports emerged about contractors hearing private information. Bloomberg News reported earlier this year that Apple had a team that listens to select Siri recordings.