id: system_settings_improve_assistive_voice_disable
title: Disable Sending Audio Recordings and Transcripts to Apple
discussion: |
  The ability for Apple to store and review audio of your audio recordings and transcripts of your vocal shortcuts and voice control interactions _MUST_ be disabled. This will disable "Improve Assistive Voice Features" in Privacy & Security within System Settings.

  The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of this information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.
check: |
  /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
  $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.Accessibility')\
  .objectForKey('AXSAudioDonationSiriImprovementEnabled').js
  EOS
result:
  string: "false"
fix: |
  This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.
references:
  cce:
    - CCE-94370-4
  cci:
    - CCI-000381
  800-53r5:
    - AC-20
    - CM-7
    - CM-7(1)
    - SC-7(10)
  800-53r4:
    - CM-7
    - CM-7(1)
    - AC-20
    - SC-7(10)
  800-171r3:
    - 03.01.20
    - 03.04.06
  srg:
    - SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
  disa_stig:
    - APPL-15-002023
  cis:
    benchmark:
      - 2.6.3.3 (level 1)
    controls v8:
      - 4.1
      - 4.8
  cmmc:
    - AC.L1-3.1.20
    - CM.L2-3.4.6
    - CM.L2-3.4.7
  bio:
    - 8.12
macOS:
  - '15.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - 800-53r4_low
  - 800-53r4_moderate
  - 800-53r4_high
  - 800-171
  - cisv8
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - cmmc_lvl1
  - cis_lvl1
  - cis_lvl2
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - stig
  - nlmapgov_plus
severity: medium
mobileconfig: true
mobileconfig_info:
  com.apple.Accessibility:
    AXSAudioDonationSiriImprovementEnabled: false
