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Apple's always-listening Watch AI sparks privacy and legal backlashApple publishes Audio Intelligence privacy overview
5 Sep 9 9:36 PM · 14d ago · 1 article · 10 posts · 13 comments · 5 sources · development 5 of 7
Apple released a technical document describing a 'hardware-isolated compartment' that processes audio and immediately deletes it, framing Siri Recap as producing summaries rather than transcripts and excluding sensitive information.
Apple ManufacturerMark Gurman Bloomberg reporterKaiann Drance Apple VP, Worldwide Apple Watch Product MarketingLauren Weinstein Privacy advocateGossiTheDog (Kevin Beaumont) Security researcher
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Apple has clearly thought a lot about how to handle the persistent capture and transmission of audio from a watch. The “Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview” linked below shows this. But it may all be for naught: folks first reaction is “it’s always listening to me!” and that’s an instinctive reaction that’s hard to overcome. This is a societal…
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Goddammit Apple. I don’t want to have to find a new watch. But there is no way I’m going to put something like this on my body.
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> It's made even worse by the fact that [...] their external designs are unchanged from past ones, so there's no way to tell who's always listening to everythingYeah, I just decided the entire Apple Watch brand is suddenly a creeper device, so I'm not going to wear mine out, nor otherwise around other people.I don't want to endorse creeper devices…
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People are paranoid but then don’t inspect what the software does, they only hear about the news. So if you can’t trust them, why even use their software that you can’t verify?
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As pessoas cedem seus dados vitais 24/7 para smartwatches e agora estão horrorizadas pq a apple vai escutar o entorno? A indignação com o dataismo precisa durar mais do que dita o ritmo da barra de rolagem que anuncia a última novidade do mercado. Apple Watch's new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening |…
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I've owned multiple generations of Apple watches before and the battery life made me ditch it. After about a year, the watch wouldn't even last a full day with mostly passive usage.I'm considering trying Ultra just so the battery can comfortably last full day without entering power saving mode by 8pm.Disappointing to see Apple doesn't consider…
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You should assume this today anyway. All they did is take some third party apps and make them default
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"Apple has always focused on the privacy of its customers: your information is encrypted, your data stays on your device. It’s following that same pattern here, but the privacy concerns of Live Rewind and Siri Recap aren’t limited to the owners of Apple Watches. Apple now needs think about the privacy of non-customers and be able to explain how…
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I just assume everything in public is audio/video recorded. In most places that's perfectly legal (with some exceptions). I don't think people should expect privacy in public. We faced the same panic about photographs when mobile phones started getting cameras. With some notable problems, everyone accepted it and moved on. The utility we get from…
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Apple Watch Series 12: https://www. apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/int roducing-apple-watch-series-12-with-the-all-new-health-sensing-system/ Discussion: http:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9630566
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> I would have expected at least a toggle to keep old Siri on the old watch.Nasty destructive surprises in upgrades.Years ago I had lots of archival material organized on my Mac under the root "/". Why not, right? It's a Unix-y system and Linux lets you put stuff anywhere. I had directory trees copied from old hard drives. Personal history.So…
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☃️ Live Rewind and Siri Recap should change how Apple thinks about privacy. https:// leancrew.com/all-this/2026/09/ new-apple-watches-have-ears/
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FTA: “Apple Watch Series 12 now offers the most accurate step tracking of any smartwatch.12 The S11 chip also enables the brand-new Steps complication, so users can track their steps in real time, right from their watch face”That must mean they’re very confident about the accuracy. I look forward to reviewers trying to beat their detection model.
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Had Apple not made the transcript/rewind feature a top line feature but put it down in an accessibility feature, I wonder if it would have changed the perception. I'm actually surprised they didn't do this as this is how they tend to test features before wider rollout.
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The only thing I've ever wanted is an apple watch that's thinner than the first one, my wrists are big enough I don't need a chonker. I don't care what time it is anyways
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So no new sensors. No blood pressure or glucose (very long shot) monitoring. I was holding out for the blood pressure monitor but I will have to wait longer now.
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I sometime joke we would oneday wear an always-on recorder and be happy about that. Looklike today is that day
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With the readiness feature - I think they are trying to close the gap with Garmin.
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