iOS 17 forces woman named 'Siri' to change her name

[usonian]

Non-Apple examples of our computer overlords controlling us are given below.

https://www.cultofmac.com/833118/ios-17-forces-woman-named-siri-to-change-her-name/

Every iPhone user knows that Siri is the name of Apple’s voice driven digital assistant. Going back to 2011, the activation phrase for the feature was “Hey Siri.” But iOS 17 dropped the “Hey” from the wake phrase. That makes using Apple’s digital assistant easier to use, but caused real problems for Siri Price.

She got by when the wake word was “Hey Siri.” “I work in a gym with a lot of people around so everyone learned quite quickly not to say ‘Hey’ when they greet me or there would be a lot of bleeping going on,” she told The Sun.

Then iOS 17 came along so all that’s necessary to trigger an iPhone to start listening for spoken commands is the word Siri.

“Now people can’t even say my name,” said Siri Price in the interview. The solution was to change her name. She now goes by Siz.

More:

Mr. Null had serious problems with his DMV, so do his namesakes elsewhere.
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/05/The-Last-Name-of-Null-Gives-This-Man-Problems-with-Computers/ .
And Microsoft Teams is cancelling Rob Dyke

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. You are in non-compliance. You will be assimilated.

We adapt our tools and then they adapt us.

[usonian]

2. I go further back. I can't forget "The Prisoner"

Number 6 is UNMUTUAL, UNMUTUAL.

I AM NOT A NUMBER! I AM A FREE MAN.


Oh further back than that. Throreau.

“Men have become the tools of their tools.”