On August 2, it was reported that last week, foreign media exposed that Apple allowed third-party contractors to listen to Siri's random recordings, including accidental recordings not triggered by "Hey, Siri!". A whistleblower from one of these contractors used the original recording to improve Siri's voice recognition and situational awareness. He said that the recording sometimes contains private medical information, name, location, contact information, etc.

It is reported that this phenomenon is more common in Apple's HomePod. In fact, Amazon Alexa or Google's smart speakers have also been in trouble for many times due to this problem. However, Amazon and Google users can choose not to participate in the improvement plan after installing relevant programs. If they do not participate in the improvement plan, users' recordings will not be collected and evaluated. Apple has not really considered this issue. They let the process be automated and do not give users the opportunity to choose.

Apple is now aware of the seriousness of the problem and has issued a statement: We are committed to protecting user privacy while providing a great Siri experience. We will conduct a comprehensive review and suspend Siri's (manual) assessment worldwide. As part of future software updates, users will be able to choose whether to participate in improvement plans.

That is to say, relevant users will find that Siri has added the option of "opt out" of the improvement plan after updating the software/system. In the event fermentation phase, Apple said that less than 1% of the recordings went to development institutions.

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