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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Michael Liedtke

What to know about Apple's $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case

Apple Siri Settlement - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices in a betrayal to its long-standing commitment to personal privacy.

The proposed settlement filed in federal court earlier this week still needs to be approved by a judge, but here are a few things to know about the case and the privacy issues that it raised.

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