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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages

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467 points bundie | 5 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 1.01s | source
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hbn ◴[08 Jul 25 17:34 UTC] No.44502208[source]▶
People have been clowning on Apple for being behind on the AI stuff and -- while I'd never defend how they promised a bunch of features in 2024, showed them in ads, and sold iPhones based on vaporware, but still haven't shipped most of the features -- I will say, I imagine a lot of the hold-up is because they realized how dangerous it is to start trusting AI with the sensitive data on your phone. It's probably not too hard to make it work most of the time, but even if there's a 0.0001% chance the AI will send a sensitive image meant for your wife to your boss, you should probably reconsider shipping.

I don't believe Google has the tact to care as long as they look like a market competitor in something.

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1. bapak ◴[08 Jul 25 18:01 UTC] No.44502440[source]▶
> even if there's a 0.0001% chance the AI will send a sensitive image meant for your wife to your boss, you should probably reconsider shipping.

Not the best example since Siri has been misunderstanding us for many, many years.

You really meant to send that I love you to Louis coworker, right? Not to "Love"? Too late

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2. LeoPanthera ◴[08 Jul 25 18:54 UTC] No.44502898[source]▶
> You really meant to send that I love you to Louis coworker, right? Not to "Love"? Too late

Why make up stuff like this? Siri confirms everything that sends data.

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3. kstrauser ◴[08 Jul 25 20:37 UTC] No.44503851[source]▶
That's not quite true, especially if you're using something like CarPlay. I have personally had this interaction:

Me: Hey Siri, text Jen [my wife] I love you.

Siri: OK, texting Johnny Chan [my ex-boss] I love you.

Me: What NO!

Johnny: Uh...

That happened. It's not something I read about or made up. It went pretty much exactly like that.

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4. averageRoyalty ◴[08 Jul 25 21:34 UTC] No.44504257{3}[source]▶
This is a setting under Settings > Siri & Search > Automatically send messages.

It's disabled by default, but it's possible you turned it on by accident or got a bad default setting I suppose.

5. bapak ◴[10 Jul 25 06:43 UTC] No.44518024[source]▶
"Too late" is tongue in cheek, but the point stands. Apple has been comfortable shipping crappy products for as long as I can remember. Even Jobs was pissed at them shipping MobileMe in its sorry state.