Yesterday I had my 3rd 'tin foil hat' moment with my iPhone and although these were spread out over some time, I find it very hard to believe these were coincidences.
Long story shortish... yesterday we were sitting around the table enjoying our Easter lunch with extended family. Someone else was mentioning a new family at their church and I caught the first names in passing. At first it didn't click but then I said, 'oh are you talking about X & Y Smith? They used to go to abc church and lived in our neighborhood briefly.' Turns out they were.
Fast forward an hour or so and the kids were playing outside. I took a picture of a friend pushing the kids on the swing and went to send it to the friend. I pressed send, Messages and typed out the first 3 letters of her name. The Messages app showed 2 'autocompletions,' the friend I was intending and the woman I had mentioned an hour before!
- the 3 letters that I typed were NOT in the 'Y Smiths' name!
- my phone was in my pocket when I uttered the name
- I am pretty sure I only said their name once, but could have said it twice
- I have not sent 'Y Smith' a text in at least 4 years
- I have not called 'Y Smith' in at least 4 years
- I was shocked I even had 'Y Smith' contact info in my address book
- I have 'hey Siri' turned OFF
WTF?! How is this possible without the device selectively listening for random words and matching against a profile that includes my address book?
Long story shortish... yesterday we were sitting around the table enjoying our Easter lunch with extended family. Someone else was mentioning a new family at their church and I caught the first names in passing. At first it didn't click but then I said, 'oh are you talking about X & Y Smith? They used to go to abc church and lived in our neighborhood briefly.' Turns out they were.
Fast forward an hour or so and the kids were playing outside. I took a picture of a friend pushing the kids on the swing and went to send it to the friend. I pressed send, Messages and typed out the first 3 letters of her name. The Messages app showed 2 'autocompletions,' the friend I was intending and the woman I had mentioned an hour before!
- the 3 letters that I typed were NOT in the 'Y Smiths' name! - my phone was in my pocket when I uttered the name - I am pretty sure I only said their name once, but could have said it twice - I have not sent 'Y Smith' a text in at least 4 years - I have not called 'Y Smith' in at least 4 years - I was shocked I even had 'Y Smith' contact info in my address book - I have 'hey Siri' turned OFF
WTF?! How is this possible without the device selectively listening for random words and matching against a profile that includes my address book?