Apple agreed to pay Siri users from 2014-2024 a total of $95 million in settlement cash for unintentionally accepting user recordings for Siri training without consent. The widely reported incident was preceded by Amazon and Google leaking similar audio to unintended users and unscrupulous third parties,

As consumers increasingly turn to voice assistants like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant for tasks ranging from setting reminders to controlling smart homes, the convenience comes with a hidden cost: threats to data security and privacy.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices i