A clever attack by French researchers turns your headphone cable into an antenna to send surreptitious voice commands.
The future of Siri, or: why private inference isn’t private enough
Yesterday Apple announced a big step towards deploying real AI in their Siri ecosystem. In most ways this is good and inevitable: Siri is one of the world’s most widely-used voice agents, and…
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
Siri Evaluations | Apple Developer Documentation
Evaluate how well Siri engages your app’s intents and entities by running scripted conversations and checking what Siri does.
Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays, AI Plan and Apple Intelligence | WSJ
Acoustic Cryptanalysis - Schneier on Security
This is neat: Here, we describe a new acoustic cryptanalysis key extraction attack, applicable to GnuPG’s current implementation of RSA. The attack can extract full 4096-bit RSA decryption keys from laptop computers (of various models), within an hour, using the sound generated by the computer during the decryption of some chosen ciphertexts. We experimentally demonstrate that such attacks can be carried out, using either a plain mobile phone placed next to the computer, or a more sensitive microphone placed 4 meters away. Beyond acoustics, we demonstrate that a similar low-bandwidth attack can be performed by measuring the electric potential of a computer chassis. A suitably-equipped attacker need merely touch the target computer with his bare hand, or get the required leakage information from the ground wires at the remote end of VGA, USB or Ethernet cables. ...
Is Apple's AI Strategy as Safe as It Looks?
Apple Lied About Siri
Do You Trust Apple?
Apple has a lot of trust in terms of delivering integrated products and preserving privacy; the real trust question is if you think Siri AI will justify investing more in their ecosystem.
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone
Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?
Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows
Code sleuth "pdfu" has uncovered iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate private frameworks that show Apple has designed its new Siri architecture to work with third-party AI models at what appears to be a surprisingly deep level. One mechanism called Model Delegation allows Claude to appear as a Siri extension in the same way as the existing built-in ChatGPT extension.
Notes from Apple’s Siri AI Labs: Schemas, Tools, and Skills
Earlier this week, I attended Apple's online Apple Intelligence Group Lab, much of which focused on Siri AI. Much of the ground covered is available in Apple's documentation, but the presentation included additional detail, which is worth highlighting, although I encourage you to watch the two Apple Intelligence Group Labs for more context and details.
The Plan B OS for ubiquitous computing. Voice control, security, and terminals as case studies
The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on Conversations
In the age of surveillance paranoia, most smartphone users know better than to give a random app or website permission to use their device’s microphone. But researchers have found there’s another, little-considered sensor in modern phones that can also listen in on their conversations. And it doesn’t even need to ask. In a presentation at \[…\]
Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant
Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant powered by Apple Intelligence, with personal context, world knowledge, and onscreen awareness.
Edward Snowden interview: 'Smartphones can be taken over'
Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting "total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.
