Re: iPhone iCal iCloud and lack of confidentiality

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Michael,

Chapter 4: SIRI Page 38 in ‘iPhone User Guide for iOS5 Software’:

"Siri knows which app you’re using, so you can refer to what’s on your screen. 
For example, when reading a message in Mail, you can say “Reply, I like it” or 
“Call him.” Siri also understands different ways of saying the same thing. For 
example, you could say “Send a message to Susan saying I’ll be right there” or 
“Tell Susan I’ll by right there.”

When Siri displays information on the screen (for example, a calendar 
appointment), you can usually tap the displayed info to open the related app 
for details and further action.

Siri uses information in Contacts to know when you’re referring to your friends 
and associates. Make sure you have contacts for the people you want Siri to 
know about. Include nicknames and addresses, so that you can say things like 
“Find restaurants near Bob’s house.” If you refer to someone by a single name, 
Siri looks for a match in Favorites (in Phone) or Conversations (in Messages). 
Otherwise, Siri asks for clarification, if needed.

On your personal card in Contacts, enter names of Related People (such as 
mother, brother, or manager) to enable Siri to respond to requests such as 
“Call mom.” Enter your home address and work address, so you can say things 
like “How do I get home?” and “Remind me to call Bob when I get to work.” To 
let Siri know which card is yours, go to Settings > General > Siri > My Info.”

You can download versions of the iOS 5.0 Software Guide for iPhone, iPad, iPod 
Touch here:


Cheers,
Ronni

On 27/10/2011, at 4:26 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Today by way of a practice run I used Siri to make an appointment with 
> someone next Tuesday (call her "Blondie"). The appointment was entered 
> automatically in my calendar. I then asked Siri to cancel the appointment. 
> Shortly after that I received an email from Blondie with subject heading "RE: 
> Meeting with Blondie has been cancelled",  in which she wrote "Not sure what 
> those 'cloudy' things were about''.
> 
> A calendar icon was at the foot of her email. When I clicked on it, every 
> entry I had on my computer in iCal was visible, including listings of 
> birthdays. An attachment to the email from Blondie showed the cancelled 
> appointment and also showed a legitimate appointment in Blondie's computer.
> 
> Blondie and I work for different organisations, but Blondie is in my Contacts 
> list in Outlook. My computer is not on any network, but I do have IOS 5 on 
> the iPhone 4s, Lion 7.2 and an Apple identity. The email notifying Blondie of 
> the cancellation was automatically sent, but does not show up on my computer 
> as sent in Mail or in Outllook).  I have not been able to check yet if that 
> information was displayed on Blondie's computer but if it was i am very 
> concerned. 
> 
> Mail was ''OFF" on my iPhone, but Contacts, Calendars and Reminders were all 
> "On". iCloud back up was selected as "ON" on the iPhone.
> 
> "Contacts" and "Calendars" were ticked in preferences on my computer.
> 
> The preference "Ask before sending changes to events" was ticked in the 
> preferences for iCal in my computer.
> 
> To look at it light-heartedly, it looks as though Apple and iCloud may have 
> made whistle blowers and hackers redundant.
> 
> Any suggestions about how I can use Siri without having her gossip with the 
> whole world?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael Hawkins
> 17" MacBook Pro
> OS 10.7.2
> 
> iPhone 4S
> IOS 5.0














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Re: iPhone iCal iCloud and lack of confidentiality

[Trent Lloyd]

Michael,

Is your concern that it sent out the email saying it was cancelled, or that all 
of your iCal entries were visible?


All of your iCal entries are NOT sent to the other person, what happens is that 
is an iCal file containing only the meeting you are talking about, which you 
double click it, it opens it up in iCal and imports the event.  Obviously all 
other iCal events on your computer will show as well, but they were not all in 
that file / sent to the other person.


If you are worried about meetings being cancelled sending emails, then best 
option is not to add them to the attendees list as that tends to imply you want 
to send everyone emails about the appointment.



The ask before sending emails thing.. it seems perhaps siri skips this..

Regards,
Trent

On 27/10/2011, at 4:26 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Today by way of a practice run I used Siri to make an appointment with 
> someone next Tuesday (call her "Blondie"). The appointment was entered 
> automatically in my calendar. I then asked Siri to cancel the appointment. 
> Shortly after that I received an email from Blondie with subject heading "RE: 
> Meeting with Blondie has been cancelled",  in which she wrote "Not sure what 
> those 'cloudy' things were about''.
> 
> A calendar icon was at the foot of her email. When I clicked on it, every 
> entry I had on my computer in iCal was visible, including listings of 
> birthdays. An attachment to the email from Blondie showed the cancelled 
> appointment and also showed a legitimate appointment in Blondie's computer.
> 
> Blondie and I work for different organisations, but Blondie is in my Contacts 
> list in Outlook. My computer is not on any network, but I do have IOS 5 on 
> the iPhone 4s, Lion 7.2 and an Apple identity. The email notifying Blondie of 
> the cancellation was automatically sent, but does not show up on my computer 
> as sent in Mail or in Outllook).  I have not been able to check yet if that 
> information was displayed on Blondie's computer but if it was i am very 
> concerned. 
> 
> Mail was ''OFF" on my iPhone, but Contacts, Calendars and Reminders were all 
> "On". iCloud back up was selected as "ON" on the iPhone.
> 
> "Contacts" and "Calendars" were ticked in preferences on my computer.
> 
> The preference "Ask before sending changes to events" was ticked in the 
> preferences for iCal in my computer.
> 
> To look at it light-heartedly, it looks as though Apple and iCloud may have 
> made whistle blowers and hackers redundant.
> 
> Any suggestions about how I can use Siri without having her gossip with the 
> whole world?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael Hawkins
> 17" MacBook Pro
> OS 10.7.2
> 
> iPhone 4S
> IOS 5.0
> 
> 
> 
> 
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iPhone iCal iCloud and lack of confidentiality

[Michael Hawkins]

Today by way of a practice run I used Siri to make an appointment with someone 
next Tuesday (call her "Blondie"). The appointment was entered automatically in 
my calendar. I then asked Siri to cancel the appointment. Shortly after that I 
received an email from Blondie with subject heading "RE: Meeting with Blondie 
has been cancelled",  in which she wrote "Not sure what those 'cloudy' things 
were about''.

A calendar icon was at the foot of her email. When I clicked on it, every entry 
I had on my computer in iCal was visible, including listings of birthdays. An 
attachment to the email from Blondie showed the cancelled appointment and also 
showed a legitimate appointment in Blondie's computer.

Blondie and I work for different organisations, but Blondie is in my Contacts 
list in Outlook. My computer is not on any network, but I do have IOS 5 on the 
iPhone 4s, Lion 7.2 and an Apple identity. The email notifying Blondie of the 
cancellation was automatically sent, but does not show up on my computer as 
sent in Mail or in Outllook).  I have not been able to check yet if that 
information was displayed on Blondie's computer but if it was i am very 
concerned. 

Mail was ''OFF" on my iPhone, but Contacts, Calendars and Reminders were all 
"On". iCloud back up was selected as "ON" on the iPhone.

"Contacts" and "Calendars" were ticked in preferences on my computer.

The preference "Ask before sending changes to events" was ticked in the 
preferences for iCal in my computer.

To look at it light-heartedly, it looks as though Apple and iCloud may have 
made whistle blowers and hackers redundant.

Any suggestions about how I can use Siri without having her gossip with the 
whole world?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
17" MacBook Pro
OS 10.7.2

iPhone 4S
IOS 5.0




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