The first reviews of Apple's connected speaker are already in the air. Most of the comments are praise for the new Cupertino team. However, from The Verge and its editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, we get a notice that we think may be of interest to you and your privacy.
We know well that the HomePod is a team that wants to make you enjoy music or audio in general. The very David Pogue recently compared this speaker with direct competition and some models that can be purchased today sound like "cardboard" in the words of the columnist himself. Now, after being able to analyze the HomePod, Patel has given a very important notice and that has to do with your iPhone privacy.
If you have been learning in detail about everything you can do with the speaker connected - be careful because we cannot call it Bluetooth - you will know that there will be actions that you do on your iPhone that you can do on the HomePod thanks to Siri. Likewise, you will know that different people in your environment can also use the speaker whenever they want. Nevertheless, The problem is that apparently Siri does not recognize voices well and it could enter your device to read messages, emails, create lists, etc..
According to the story from Nilay Patel, Siri read messages aloud in her bedroom in front of anyone. Likewise, Siri can be fooled and other users access your private information without problems; The only thing that should be the HomePod and your iPhone connected to the same WiFi network.
Now, it seems, everything lies in the settings and configurations at the beginning. There is an option that will ask you the following: "Allows anyone to use this HomePod to send and read messages, add reminders, create notes and much more with this iPhone when connected to the same WiFi network". If you accept, it will be difficult for you to protect your privacy.