Apple accused of spying for the users using the Siri

The publication Technology Review warns smartphone users iPhone 4S that Siri record voice commands and sends the collected data on the servers of Apple, said SecurityLab.

 

According to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Voice Assistant to Apple, has the function of recording the user's voice and speech samples collected by it, is as unique as fingerprints, can be an excellent target for various attacks. On them you can easily identify any user's iPhone 4S.

Researchers believe that a smartphone should pass to Apple only "features of speech, not the speech itself." Despite the fact that this decision will create an additional burden on the processor and the battery device, it should not affect the quality of the recording. Only by refusing access to the full voice signal, the company will be able to avoid charges of unauthorized collection of confidential data.

Apple, in turn, states that does not collect data about their users and servers that corporations do not store the names, photos or fingerprints of the owners of "apple" gadgets.

However, according to Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller, Siri writes it really user, but only if you pronounce a specific sentence, "What are the weather." This entry is used only for testing assistant to understand and recognize the Siri requests.

With regard to the collection of samples to vote, Mueller said that Apple is committed to protecting the security of user data, and Siri Assistant is not able to collect samples of speech, let alone send them via the Internet in an unencrypted form on the company's servers.

According to representatives of Apple, Siri actually gains access to the contact list the user specifies its location and scans the list of audio and videos, but this is done solely in order to be able to respond to requests for the owner of the device as much as possible and faster.