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Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 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.