Hey Siri, Show me the Money!
$95 Million. That’s how much Apple has to pay out in the case of Siri listening in, recording, and sharing our information with advertisers from 2014 through the end of last year. After the attorneys who brought the case get their almost $30 Million cut that brings us down to around $65 Million left to split amongst the rest of us. Depending on how many file for their share, that could put up to $20 in the pockets of those of us who were used.
It was so almost guaranteed to happen that Carol and I would say random things into the other’s phone just so that advertisements would start to appear. “Oh man, why is my penis so small?” I would ask her phone. Sure enough. Penis enlargement ads would creep their way into her devices. At an exponential level compared to the usual. Good times. Definitely worth my $20.
Can you guess what my iPhone’s been named for the last few years? Wiretap.
