Apple Watch: privacy promises won’t fix how it feels

Apple held its iPhone event on Wednesday, and the hardware announcements were exactly as rumoured. As usual, the surprises were in the software. I’d been planning for months to replace my first-generation Ultra, and was excited to see what new features the new Ultra might have. But two of the new features now have me worried about the future of wearable tech in general. Along with some great health features, Apple announced “Live Rewind” and “Siri Recap”. Here’s how Apple describes these features: Live Rewind catches what you missed. Did someone say something you couldn’t hear in a loud restaurant or share cooking instructions you didn’t quite catch? Just double-click the Digital Crown, and Live Rewind transcribes what was said in the last 15 seconds. You can ask Siri about the content of the transcript or save it to the new Siri app to revisit later. Siri Recap can summarize your chats to refresh your memory. Siri Recap transforms your conversations into high-level notes, so you can…