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A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.

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[โ€“] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But how can you really be sure? Lte chips are small. Also what if you take it in for service and they pull the data ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

But how can you really be sure?

By refusing to own any car manufactured after the technology became available. That's my strategy, anyway.

(It's also 'cause I like things like manual transmissions that are harder to find on newer vehicles.)

[โ€“] Melpomene@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I can't, but worrying about hidden LTE chips is s path that leads to madness. Unless I ditch all tech, there's no way to be sure.

For the data pull, yeah. I tend to avoid dealers though so I'm not sure that there is much incentive for my mom & pop service station to monetize my data.