[naturalmovement]

What is the countdown to Germans outraged when someone from outside the EU is walking down the street and catches a fleeting audio clip of them which is processed by Apple's AI?

Does this mean the service will not be available to EU accounts, or will they geoblock access from within the EU altogether?

[dgellow]

For context, under German law recording spoken words without consent is illegal. There is some nuances when speaking in public loud enough for strangers around to hear though

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_st...

[simjnd]

It's a geoblock. EU accounts can use the features when outside of the EU.

[naturalmovement]

Interesting, I would have guessed the opposite as geoblocking is not perfect, unless it's using location services as well.

[simjnd]

There is a 2-week delay too, if you arrive in the EU you will still have access to the features for two weeks. When you leave the EU, it will take two weeks outside to gain access to the features. At least that's been my experience having a EU account and living mostly in the EU. Might be different with foreign accounts.