Category: recordings

Microsoft contractors reportedly reviewed Cortana clips on insecure PCs

Post author By Randall
Post date January 10, 2020
Categories In contractors, conversations, cortana, gear, Internet, Microsoft, Privacy, recordings, Security, services, skype, Tech, voice assistant

[ad_1] According to a former contractor who spoke with The Guardian, the firm allowed workers to review both Cortana and Skype recordings from homes across Beijing while using a personal laptop. The contractor says they listened to “thousands” of interactions this way. Moreover, the Chrome web app they used to do their work required only […]

Apple fires hundreds of contractors hired to listened to Siri recordings

Post author By Randall
Post date August 28, 2019
Categories In Apple, audio, business, contractors, cork, fired, gear, grading, Internet, ireland, listened, Privacy, recordings, Security, sensitive information, services, siri, Tech, terminated, users

[ad_1] More contractors throughout Europe may have been let go. As The Guardian reports, many are upset that Apple fired so many people with just one week’s notice. Even those who were concerned with the program’s ethical implications expressed their frustration. Apple previously promised that “as part of a future software update, users will have […]

Amazon’s new opt-out keeps people from ‘reviewing’ your Alexa recordings

Post author By Randall
Post date August 3, 2019
Categories In alexa, Amazon, gear, Internet, manual review, Privacy, recordings, services, Tech

[ad_1] Over the last few days Google and Apple have begun to address their use of real people that listen in on recordings to help improve voice AI like Assistant and Siri. For Amazon, these revelations surfaced months ago, and now it’s added a toggle that people can use to opt out of potentially having […]