Here's the FTC press release: www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
"this service did not, in fact, listen in on consumers’ conversations or use voice data at all [...] Instead, the service the companies provided consisted of reselling—at a significant markup—email lists obtained from other data brokers."
I’m going to be annoyed if Apple launches disappearing messages in Siri before iMessage
The Federal Trade Commission will require Cox Media Group (CMG) and two smaller marketing firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer
An interesting finding here is that TikTok’s “sensitive data” filter for state health sites is a bizarre keyword list with terms like MAGA, antifa, Teamsters, bhagavad, mulatto, queer, and nationalist.
If your answer isn't on the list, it could still get sent
w/ @suryamattu.com and Tanaz Meghjani
P s. (It does not specify, so I am assuming international sign-ups are allowed.)
And I just found that @jelaniya.bsky.social is here in the blue firmament, though they do not seem to be regular.
Full keyword list.
Sources: Apple's revamped Siri may launch in beta, and will have an option to auto-delete chats; Apple plans to add Suggested Genmoji to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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