Fact · Voice privacy and security
less than 1percent of daily Siri activations
Apple told the Guardian in 2019 that less than 1% of daily Siri activations were used for grading, and that the clips were typically only a few seconds long.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“a very small random subset, less than 1% of daily Siri activations, are used for grading, and those used are typically only a few seconds long”
Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings, Alex Hern, The Guardian, 2019, Apple statement.
Open the original- What it measures
- The share is small, but with hundreds of millions of activations the number of clips is still large.
- What it does not show
- Apple's own figure as quoted by a newspaper, not independently audited.