User asks whether Siri can truly be disabled on macOS 27

A user on Hacker News reports that even after disabling Siri in Settings and Screen Time and turning off related services, a "Siri AI.app" process still runs on macOS 27, suggesting it cannot be fully turned off. The user likens Apple's Personal Context to Microsoft Recall.

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