[rallycarre]

It won't be listening to you if they don't care to.

The idea of having a device that listens to everything around in your home is unnerving, for me atleast.

The problem with saying "they would never do something like this" or "I have nothing to hide so why do I care" is that your trusting people thousands of miles away from you who are heavily influenced by the government...

If your not comfortable having a policeman sit on your desk while you work on your computer then I might not be a good idea supporting products like these.

Personally, Siri can screw off. I am more than happy to check the weather myself. :)

[zoul]

If Apple wants to eavesdrop on you I don’t see how Siri changes the situation. You already have a networked device with a microphone, turning or not turning on an additional service hardly makes a difference.

[tritium]

And that's just it, isn't it. Siri is just a name. A cartoon.

The reality is that at a minimum, it's an organization of profit motivated people trying to listen to you. Maybe Apple is controlled by nice people today, but how many other companies will justify their own actions by pointing to Apple's practices.

And when those companies are bought and sold, or go out of business after a period of desperation, what happens in those moments?

Justify this with Apple, and ten more organizations follow in those footsteps.

[tinus_hn]

That’s fine, I don’t like services like ‘hey Siri’ either so I turn them off. Or rather, in the case of ‘hey Siri’, I don’t turn it on.

There is no conspiracy. If you don’t want your phone or other device to listen continuously, do not turn on a service that requires it to do that.