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05-23-2012, 10:41 AM | #1 |
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IBM bans Apple's Siri. Concerns about intrusiveness and security breaches.
IBM bans Apple's Siri from its Networks because of concerns about intrusiveness and possible breaches of security. Wired Magazine IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips By Robert McMillan Email Author May 22, 2012 | "If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone’s voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn’t welcome on Big Blue’s networks. The reason? Siri ships everything you say to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina. And the story of what really happens to all of your Siri-launched searches, e-mail messages and inappropriate jokes is a bit of a black box. IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT’s Technology Review this week that her company has banned Siri outright because, according to the magazine, “The company worries that the spoken queries might be stored somewhere.” It turns out that Horan is right to worry. In fact, Apple’s iPhone Software License Agreement spells this out: “When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text,” Apple says. Siri collects a bunch of other information — names of people from your address book and other unspecified user data, all to help Siri do a better job." More Last edited by SeaKing; 05-23-2012 at 10:44 AM. |
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Finally, someone stands up to Apple. Unfortunately, it had to be another tech giant and a former rival.
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Soon, Siri will have a sibling - Viri (video searches and monitoring).
Turn the video off, Viri. I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. |
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05-23-2012, 11:48 AM | #6 |
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So everybody wants siri to give them a useful and appropriate answer but doesn't want siri to have the data to make this possible...
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But yeah, there's a point there. If you want the results, you have to give up the data. |
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Just banning Siri? I guess the tech wizards at IBM don't realize that Android's Voice input works exactly the same way and can be used for emails as well. They better outlaw the use of Google's Chrome browser as well.
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05-23-2012, 12:48 PM | #11 |
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So you'd prefer to wait every time, you query if mom's sent the recipe, while it downloads your contacts to ascertain who mum is (and her address) and if she's put anything in your mail etc. etc. etc... even more
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05-23-2012, 01:00 PM | #12 |
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Android lets you know when you receive an email. No need to check it separately.
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In any case I believe iPhones do the same... what I was refering to was an example used in the TV advertising which actually refers to the specific content of an email rather than a generic, "You've got mail" |
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