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Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2026
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I've read (and don't quote me on it) that the way it gets around those laws is it's technically not "recording". It's real-time dictation with no audio recorded or transmitted anywhere...
... But even so, it really goes against the spirit of those laws.