Apple is poised to pay $95 million to users, but denies Siri was eavesdropping on purpose.

The lawsuit began in 2019 after a Guardian investigation in which a whistleblower came forward to allege “countless instances” in which Apple devices, including Siri and the Apple Watch, had inadvertently listened in on users. At the time, Apple had staffed numerous third-party contractors to listen to the devices, which included the inadvertently obtained data — though it claimed this was only for purposes of improving them, not, as many litigants alleged, selling the data to advertisers.