<![CDATA[Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you.]]>Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. It's billed as private and end-to-end encrypted, but I think the bigger harm is the normalization of always-listening devices. It's creepy and not normal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/d0536123-cee7-4f23-bc50-481e914a85c0/watching-this-apple-event-tout-how-iphones-will-soon-be-able-to-record-ambient-audio-conversations-and-transcribe-high-level-notes-for-you.RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 13:31:38 GMTWed, 09 Sep 2026 17:54:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:39 GMT]]>@deepak @zackwhittaker The whole thing seems very Cook coded. Jobs would have just berated the waiter for an hour for not speaking clearly.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/angry_drunk/statuses/117247187308285429https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/angry_drunk/statuses/117247187308285429Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:18:36 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker I have very little concern about the privacy of the people spying on me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/117247175307394140https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/117247175307394140Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:18:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:03:07 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker an always online, always listening device. Have our society gone mad?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/117247114424454869https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/117247114424454869Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:03:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:59:09 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker
The apple watches have been listening to everything for as long as i can remember. It's implied that the recordings are only used to notify the user of dangerously loud sounds and stuff like that, but the surveillance potential is immense]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.maid.zone/objects/fec5469f-e303-450a-af00-6e2585e95e55https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.maid.zone/objects/fec5469f-e303-450a-af00-6e2585e95e55Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:46:37 GMT]]>@sylvie @lritter @zackwhittaker given that most people cannot shut up about themselves if you show the least bit of interest, I can’t wait to spot acquaintances with one of these devices, engage them in conversation and prompt them to reveal any and everything that could be used for identity theft, saying their name out loud often, then remind them that they’ve just sent their entire family history to apple in minute detail.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CynAq/statuses/117247049569962748https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CynAq/statuses/117247049569962748Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:10:47 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker Am so glad I ditched my Apple Watch a year or so ago. Am now happy with a "dumb" watch that isn't connected to anything.

The next step is to leave the phone for only those times I need to interact with buying things or travel (where phones and apps now sadly dominate). I use to think progress was good but it turns out it wasn't, it was just building a gilded cage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/117246908674226676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/117246908674226676Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:10:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:58:33 GMT]]>@AnnieBuddy @zackwhittaker What about a box for your lg-tv?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lg-smart-tv-listen-b3046743.html

*sarcasm off*
I do still support such boxes

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116952314009455763/statuses/117246860560547643https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116952314009455763/statuses/117246860560547643Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:58:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:55:24 GMT]]>@glyph @zackwhittaker I'm sure they'll try to argue it's different because the recordings aren't accessible and it's only a transcript

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://provably.online/users/Lunaphied/statuses/117246848166872089https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://provably.online/users/Lunaphied/statuses/117246848166872089Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:52:45 GMT]]>@deepak @zackwhittaker

If you don't understand them because they are speaking another language do not tell them that you are a foreigner.

Tell them that you are hard of hearing.

Then they will speak more slowly and loudly rather than calling you names and spitting on you.

This works well everywhere on earth, except Paris.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/eggmont/statuses/117246837734501155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/eggmont/statuses/117246837734501155Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:45:11 GMT]]>@deepak @zackwhittaker @zzt all of their examples are contrived and bizarre. Oh grandma said she wanted to make either peach or lemon pie. Hmmm, here’s some fruit for sale. Siri, are any of these either peaches or lemons? Also in previous years examples of making up bedtime stories for your children. For fuck’s sake.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mountains.social/users/mpospese/statuses/117246808007448858https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mountains.social/users/mpospese/statuses/117246808007448858Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:38:57 GMT]]>@ariarhythmic @zackwhittaker end-to-bandit-fraud, if the creators of so called privacy only take the word encryption in their mouth me shaking with spasmatic loughter 🤥

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/omimesis/statuses/117246783520041863https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/omimesis/statuses/117246783520041863Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:38:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:30:34 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker
They invented the Big Brother screens, except smaller.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ozzelot/statuses/117246750497154189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ozzelot/statuses/117246750497154189Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:30:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:29:59 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker always listening, never private. Yet another way for capitalism to spy on our every move. This used to be a paranoid take & now it’s quite realistic

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phloxulent/statuses/117246748221334396https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phloxulent/statuses/117246748221334396Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:29:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:29:51 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker I am reading 1984 right now, and how are these devices NOT telescreen-equivalents?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/christopherkunz/statuses/117246747679882766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/christopherkunz/statuses/117246747679882766Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:29:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:18:15 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

Big brother is here…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/117246466145899792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/117246466145899792Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:18:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:53:04 GMT]]>@freediverx Obsequiousness, woooo!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooting.ch/users/oscherler/statuses/117246367146447146https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooting.ch/users/oscherler/statuses/117246367146447146Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:53:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:52:29 GMT]]>@mahryekuh I’ve wanted something like MS Recall at one point. But I didn’t build it, I didn’t distribute it, and though I didn’t think of the privacy implications, it’s because it was just wishful thinking (and also, nobody is paying me seven figures a year to think about those.) I don’t want it anymore.
@orange @zackwhittaker

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooting.ch/users/oscherler/statuses/117246364816883948https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooting.ch/users/oscherler/statuses/117246364816883948Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:52:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:50:06 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker I am confused here, didn't they use the voice transcription and unauthorized use of mic prior to this;
Aren't they kind of legitimising it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaqubpk/statuses/117245883587287337https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaqubpk/statuses/117245883587287337Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:50:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:05:13 GMT]]>@sylvie @lritter @zackwhittaker This is the kind of thing that when done by Microsoft receives massive pushback (as it should BTW), but when done by Apple is weirdly embraced 🤷‍♂️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/doragasu/statuses/117245471187959552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/doragasu/statuses/117245471187959552Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:05:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:00:33 GMT]]>@lritter @sylvie @zackwhittaker I thought it was an Apple Watch feature and not an iPhone feature.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tywele/statuses/117245452859675730https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tywele/statuses/117245452859675730Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:31:38 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

Certainly not legal in Germany.

Yes, we might be the Amish of the 1990th, but sometimes it has its advantages... 🤪

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.berlin/users/vaui/statuses/117245339147850456https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.berlin/users/vaui/statuses/117245339147850456Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:31:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:29:31 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker
> end-to-end encrypted
Which ends?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/Gjoel/statuses/117245330811229805https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/Gjoel/statuses/117245330811229805Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:29:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:12:37 GMT]]>@sylvie @zackwhittaker I agree that it’s weird and could be used in creepy ways - but the statement is sound.

The *audio* is not kept. The text transcript of the audio is kept. The audio takes up way too much space to hang on to.

You can decide if that’s better or not, but it is different.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimmylittle/statuses/117245264333267080https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimmylittle/statuses/117245264333267080Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:12:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:59:21 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker
As somoeone who's forgetful, the idea of constantly recording and saving ideas is great.
But when I start thinking about the privacy implications even if I dislike the idea of this being a thing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/thibaultmol/statuses/117245212183392526https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/thibaultmol/statuses/117245212183392526Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:59:21 GMT