Top House Republicans of theEnergy and Commerce Committeesent the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet letters today , requesting they answer interrogation about the appeal of datum through their devices — such as electronic mail , localization data , and users ’ voices .
The letters , addressed to Apple’sTim Cookand Alphabet’sLarry Page , are in part a reply toreports last weekthat say Google allow third - political party apps to access user data in Gmail . The letter to Google also cites a November 2017 story that pronounce Googletracked Android users ’ locationseven when location service were disabled on their gadget .
“ Android users have a reasonable expectation of privacy when taking active measure to forbid being track by their gimmick , ” the alphabetic character to Page reads , “ … this alleged demeanor is troubling . ”
Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo)
In a crush handout , the Committee also ask both companies for response to the take after financial statement onwhether our smartphones are actually listen in on our conversation .
“ late reports have also suggested that smartphone equipment can , and in some case , do , gather ‘ non - set off ’ audio datum from users ’ conversation near a smartphone to hear a ‘ trigger ’ set phrase , such as ‘ okay Google ’ or ‘ hey Siri . ’ It has also been suggested that third political party applications have admission to and use this ‘ non - triggered ’ data without revealing to users . ”
Even though the main heat last week focus on Google and its parent company Alphabet , the lawmakers are also pressing Apple to open up about what kind of access code third - parties have through the App Store . Both letters cue the chief executive officer of their companies ’ commitment to user privacy and take several questions about their practices .
Apple did not straight off respond to a Gizmodo request for comment . Google send out the following statement to Gizmodo : “ Protecting our users ’ seclusion and securing their information is of the farthest importance . We look onwards to answering the Committee ’s head . ”
Cook and Page are supposed to respond to the commission ’s questions by July 23 .
[ Wall Street Journal ]
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