Understanding the Lopez Voice Assistant settlement and its validity

"The bottom line, read the requirements and limitations and decide if potentially $.95 USD is worth the time and effort. Settlement could be more or could be less."

This is not accurate. The last time something like this happened and I filed a claim, I got paid twice! The second time was for all those people who did not file a claim or did not cash their checks. The second check was almost as big as the first.

Do not be mislead by this. FILE YOUR CLAIM!

I’m not here to debate. I used to be into debating, but unfortunately I lost my ability to debate. But that’s another story.

I only wanted to explain that I had gotten way more than a lot of people seem to think these kinds of settlements involve. I used to think I would be lucky to get a penny, but as I said, I got $468 last year from two settlements.

The email from the settlement administrator says that Apple’s records indicate that I may be a settlement class member, so they have access to some kind of records and that’s enough for me. Like I said I’m not here to debate anything. I only wanted to let people know that there is more money involved in these settlements than many people think.

Actually I was just going to talk about my new Echo Show 8 (3rd generation) which I have seen randomly listening. The blue bar on the bottom will light up and nobody is even talking. The blue bar indicates that Alexa is listening. And this will continue for a minute or so until I tell Alexa to stop listening. This is only when I happen to notice it.

How can we do that as easily with devices we have had over a 10 year period? It’s just not as noticeable with a phone we’re carrying in our pockets or our watches which are covered by our sleeves. But I do know that my watch Siris have often been unintentionally activated. Yes, I accidentally pressed the crown to activate her many times when I would bend my wrist and I had the crown on the side of my wrist that would touch my hand when I bent my wrist.

And then my current iPad had an issue with Siri not turning off until I pressed somewhere on the screen or the home button (yes it is that old) when I asked her a question. I am sure that I didn’t know about that the entire time it was happening. So I have to say that private and confidential communications were obtained all that time and I don’t know how long it was going on.

I’m not that creative that I can just make things up like this when I’m unable to sleep. These are real examples of unintentional activation. I’m sure that Siri can be activated and private communications obtained in other ways.

Okay but they were OBTAINED when Siri was triggered, as the settlement is about. Wow, this is not even a conversation. How can you say I’m paranoid when this is what that lawsuit is saying? They do record Siri sometimes depending on your privacy settings. That’s not paranoia.

The point is that Siri was also being activated without my knowledge. I didn’t consent to that part. I honestly don’t remember what my privacy settings were at the time. There was a time when I wasn’t aware of the setting and certain settings were on by default. My mother actually told me about that, but it was sometime around 2021, I’d say. I did start making sure to turn the setting off at that point. Anyway, I don’t want to keep arguing the small details related to this all day. No offense. Maybe I shouldn’t have gotten involved in this discussion. But all have to make our own decisions as far as the settlement claims and everything else in life! I hope you have a good day.

No, that’s incorrect. The $95 million is the amount set aside for the settlement to the class members. The attorney fees, court and administrative costs are not subtracted from that amount.

• “The Settlement provides for a $95 million fund for payments to Settlement Class Members who are individual current or former owners or purchasers of a Siri Device, who reside in the United States or its territories, and whose confidential communications were obtained by Apple and/or were shared with third parties as a result of an unintended Siri activation. The Settlement Class excludes Apple; any entity in which Apple has a controlling interest; Apple’s directors, officers, and employees; Apple’s legal representatives, successors, and assigns. Also excluded from the Settlement Class are all judicial officers assigned to this case as well as their staff and immediate families. The Class Period is September 17, 2014 to December 31, 2024.”

https://lopezvoiceassistantsettlement.com/

Don’t believe everything you see, this is how people get scammed these days. Just for a $20 a lessor amount than the money you actually bought your iPhone , iPad or MacBook with. Stay woke

Yes, it’s real. There are limitations, so review the website and terms and conditions. The maximum payment is $20 per device and a limit of 5 devices, so potentially $100 USD. The payment is reduced by number of applicants.

Let’s do some math. The total amount allocated is $95 million USD. If 1,000,000 people apply and qualify, it’s $95 per person and depending on devices will be less than maximum possible settlement amount. If 100,000,000 apply, it’s less than $1 USD per device.

The bottom line, read the requirements and limitations and decide if potentially $.95 USD is worth the time and effort. Settlement could be more or could be less.

It’s definitely more than a few dollars if you’ve been using Apple devices for the entire time frame. I always get the amount they say too because hardly anybody fills these forms out. People don’t realize the potential but since I started filling out every single one I get I’ve gotten over $300 just in one year.

I got one too but I’ve looked online and the email is yapped to come with a code for their site.

never got a code.

also the bottom had an “unsubscribe” button. Most of these scammers have that. Or the companies they sold your info to emailing you do. Or they’re using it to truck you into clicking to take them to a site and … — BAM..!

the the site:

angeionemail didn’t unsub.

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all the info I click on for

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angeionemai

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Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement Support <info@lopezvoiceassistantsettlement.com>

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all said it was “legit” but most of that was ai powered. Yet when I click on the “legit” sources I get a runaround or something that doesn’t work.

i find it odd.

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True but then appl wudda been notified and they’d notify us. I don’t know if they have to but something like this I think they would.

id assume the judge wud make them as he’d think of the same concerns as us:

a shady looking email from some random place cloaking without proof is trying to contact potential victims and such, ask for their info and then “get paid”.

In my experience Apple does issue a statement. But the court has not agreed to the final settlement yet. The court date is in early to mid August as I recall. It’s still possible Apple will appeal the court decision and that’ll throw a wrench in all this.

I was also responding to previous responses that I had seen. I suppose that was my mistake, because that’s not what the original question was about. And you are right that I don’t have a lot of experience with this type of forum. I do apologize.

This is helpful information. However in my case, on two devices, my iPad as well as my Apple Watch, Siri was being activated and I didn’t realize it in the case of my watch. With my iPad, the issue was a bug of some sort that caused Siri to continue “listening” indefinitely until I would touch the screen or home button. My iPad is so old that it still has an actual home button! I was not aware of this even happening for a long time and would ask Siri a question, she would have difficulty answering and continue to listen. Eventually I got an express replacement for my iPad (it was for a different problem). The replacement didn’t have any issues with Siri. So I think that’s legit.

I do thank you for your well thought out recommendations.

Depending on your privacy settings, they sometimes do record you.

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