A new claim tries to make you think HomePods and other smart speakers are monitoring what’s playing on your radio channel you’ve selected, in some vague attempt at world domination or something.
In January 2025, Apple settled a legal case claiming that Siri was recording conversations. The recorders were anonymized, but at least some were being done while now the UK media wants to scare you about HomePod privacy — and help shake some cash out of Apple.
According to The Telegraph and absolutely nowhere else, smart speakers are monitoring when you use them to play a radio station. So if a UK user asks Siri to play BBC Radio 3, then Siri will allegedly note down every classical music symphony that station plays while you’re listening.
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