Why your smartphone records everything you say to it
Why your smartphone records everything you say to it If you use voice recognition systems like Apple's Siri, Google's Now or Microsoft's Cortana there is a good chance that the company has been recording your commands - and you agreed to it via the terms and conditions Woman checking her smartphone in bed Photo: Getty By Matthew Sparkes , Deputy Head of Technology 4:27PM GMT 25 Feb 2015 After controversy earlier this month over televisions recording owners and sending the clips to third parties, smartphone owners are now discovering that companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft are also recording voice commands and storing them for up to two years. Modern televisions are able to change channels, alter volume or even look up information on films via voice command. But controversy erupted on internet forums earlier this month when it was noticed that the terms and conditions for some such services – invariably skipped over due to their length and impenetrable language...