When the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives asked Apple some time ago about the way in which it managed third-party access to its users' data, the company replied with a resounding: “We are not Facebook, we are not Google ”. The Cupertino people boast of having a completely different business model than other Silicon Valley rivals, who allegedly sell their users' information to advertisers.
This leaves Apple's assistant, Siri, much better off than others that have given a lot to talk about in recent months, such as Amazon's Alexa or Google's own assistant. According to Apple , once the recording starts when the magic words "Hey Siri" are spoken, it is sent to Apple along with an anonymous identification number that is not related to the individual's ID. Also, users can change that number whenever they want.
In any case, some media have revealed that this is not entirely true, and that a company subcontracted by Apple would be dedicated to listening to the confidential information of its users. And not only would it take care of listening to specific requests to the assistant, it would also store private conversations of the users through the device's microphone. Therefore, the only way to protect yourself from this tangle of accusations, in which the owners of the terminals are the main victims, is by disabling the voice assistant. In this case, Siri. Here we explain all the steps you have to take.
- Enter the Settings of your iPhone or iPad and look for the section "Siri and search"
- Then uncheck the boxes "When listening hears Siri" and "Press the side button to open Siri"
- When you do this, you will see a message indicating if you want to deactivate Siri. Press it to complete your task.
It really is a very simple and fast process, which will allow you to be more calm if you fear that you are being spied on. You already know that from this moment on, whenever you say "Hey Siri" the voice of the assistant will no longer come to your aid. The moment you want to bring it back to life, you just have to reverse the process.
