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naturalmovementtoday at 4:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

What is the countdown to Germans outraged when someone from outside the EU is walking down the street and catches a fleeting audio clip of them which is processed by Apple's AI?

Does this mean the service will not be available to EU accounts, or will they geoblock access from within the EU altogether?


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dgellowtoday at 5:10 PM

For context, under German law recording spoken words without consent is illegal. There is some nuances when speaking in public loud enough for strangers around to hear though

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_st...

simjndtoday at 4:57 PM

It's a geoblock. EU accounts can use the features when outside of the EU.

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