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zackwhittaker@mastodon.social

Zack Whittaker

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.

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pavel

Pavel Machek

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@zackwhittaker Should not both sides agree to recording conversation?
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glyph@mastodon.social

Glyph

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@zackwhittaker isn't this just illegal in all-party states? like, I don't know, _california_?

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ozzelot@mstdn.social

Ozzelot ai_free

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@zackwhittaker
They invented the Big Brother screens, except smaller.

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jiska@chaos.social

jiska 🦄fairydust

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@zackwhittaker Apple shared technical details and it's indeed creepy.
https://chaos.social/@jiska/117247883913927704

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