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Apple Watch’s Live Rewind Sparks Eavesdropping-Law Concerns
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- Apple announced new Apple Watch features that continuously listen and generate summaries.
- Live Rewind records a rolling 15-second buffer and transcribes only that segment.
- Legal experts warn the features may violate two-party consent eavesdropping laws.
- Critics describe the technology as creepy and part of an ambient surveillance trend.
- UltraViolet campaign director Jenna Sherman says opt-out models do not constitute genuine consent.