Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out
摘要
苹果推出新款Apple Watch,可连续监听周围语音并生成摘要,引发隐私争议。专家警告该功能在非公开场合及要求双方同意的州存在法律风险,许多人称其“令人不安”。苹果为此发布技术说明页面,试图打消外界对其窃听的担忧。文章指出,在当下环境中,各类设备持续收集信息,用户几乎无法选择退出。
Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of whatever's going on around you. The privacy blowback was immediate and inevitable: Experts warned of the legal risks of using the features, especially in nonpublic spaces and states where eavesdropping laws require both parties to consent to being recorded. Many others called the tech "creepy."
Apple, prepared for the backlash, launched an entire page of technical details in an attempt to reassure people that no, it's not spying on them. The company claimed that one feature, Liv …