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Another option is of course to simply not use an iOS device.

Having to download some third-party thing to disable it, really shouldn't be necessary. There should be a simple setting in iOS to turn Siri's listening on or off.

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You don't need a some third-party thing, you can create the profile yourself using the Apple Configurator. Agree that this should be an easily accessible system setting like OP suggests.

As a matter of fact it should be "default" and need an actual "opt-in" to allow the server side logging.

It's on by default because it has a very important function for Apple. If it was opt-in, Siri would be a much weaker service.

The configuration to allow listening at all (to start Siri by code phrase) is opt-in during device setup. While I would like to see a checkbox for allowing human review of Siri messages also, at least there is a way to _opt out_ - something most mobile devices simply do not have.

That already exists. There are a class of users who want to use Siri and “turn off logging of server-side Siri commands.” That is what the iOS profile does.

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