October 2019 • Macworld 9NEWStheir data and has strong privacy controls in place.
Those who choose to participate will be able to
opt out at any time.
“Third, when customers opt in, only Apple
employees will be allowed to listen to audio
samples of the Siri interactions. Our team will
work to delete any recording which is determined
to be an inadvertent trigger of Siri.”
This is the right move, and it once again puts
Apple ahead of other tech giants in protecting your
privacy and security. It is making the programme
opt-in rather than opt-out, an important distinction
as the vast majority of users never stray from the
default settings. It’s also going to make sure these
audio samples stay in-house rather than going into
the hands of third-party contractors.
Hopefully, this spotlight on Siri’s training,
evaluation, and grading will have a positive effect
not only for user privacy, but for helping Siri to
improve more quickly.Apple will make the Siri
grading programme opt-
in rather than opt-outOctober 2019 • Macworld 9NEWStheir data and has strong privacy controls in place.
Those who choose to participate will be able to
opt out at any time.
“Third, when customers opt in, only Apple
employees will be allowed to listen to audio
samples of the Siri interactions. Our team will
work to delete any recording which is determined
to be an inadvertent trigger of Siri.”
This is the right move, and it once again puts
Apple ahead of other tech giants in protecting your
privacy and security. It is making the programme
opt-in rather than opt-out, an important distinction
as the vast majority of users never stray from the
default settings. It’s also going to make sure these
audio samples stay in-house rather than going into
the hands of third-party contractors.
Hopefully, this spotlight on Siri’s training,
evaluation, and grading will have a positive effect
not only for user privacy, but for helping Siri to
improve more quickly.Apple will make the Siri
grading programme opt-
in rather than opt-out