true story, however, certain details will be obscured.
Someone I know was talking with his supervisor about employer mandated online quarterly learning/education requirements for a facility, where everyone had some level of security clearance. One of the courses was about maintaining OPSEC regarding the day to day handling of certain information, which cannot be disclosed without the proper clearance level and a need to know.
This conversation happened to coincide with the rollout of apple watches, issued by the employer, for anyone who wanted one. This person declined the offer, for personal privacy concerns. The supervisor however, was wearing one of the newly issued apple watches.
The individual asked the supervisor; “Considering that the watch is always listening, doesn’t our employer consider this an OPSEC risk?”
As the supervisor was dismissing this as no real concern, the watch spoke and asked; “would you like more information about OPSEC?”
TRUE story, yet the watches remain.
I have never activated Siri on my phone, watch or iPad. Not sure whether it matters.
A bunch of my coworkers were sitting around the dinner table talking about a suicide call they had just run. As the discussion wound down one said started talking about almost getting in a wreck by saying “I almost committed suicide when a car” at which time his watch started suggesting he immediately call a suicide prevention line. The phone/watch was not in use at the time.