Someone else's Apple Watch might start spying on your conversations

The useful part

Apple Watch is good for many things — wrist-based notifications, health and fitness tracking, quick access to Siri. Now users might soon add "covert spy device" to the list, thanks to new AI-powered listening features that can eavesdrop on conversations like yours, even if you don't own an Apple Watch. Apple made a surprising announcement during its hardware event in early September.

How it works

• The company is bringing a controversial listening feature to Apple Watch Series 12 called Siri Recap.
• When enabled, Siri Recap monitors your ambient environment for conversations through the Apple Watch on your wrist and translates it into "high-level notes" that you can read on your wrist or through a...
• Apple specifically mentioned that Siri Recap is good for taking notes during team meetings at work or parent/teacher conferences at school.
• However, it can technically be used anywhere — the sermon at church, chats with friends, a disagreement with your spouse.
• Luckily, Apple took some precautions to mitigate the dangers, if you choose to believe them.

What to take from it

There are no limits, because Siri Recap can hear and summarize everything.

Details worth keeping

If you think that sounds like a walking privacy violation, you're right. There are plenty of places where this feature could be useful.