A judge recently ruled that it's perfectly legal for car manufacturers to harvest text messages and call logs from their vehicles, even if those messages and logs are inaccessible to the owners. The judge said that this practice doesn't violate state privacy laws because the information is stored in a way that's inaccessible to the owners. This has raised some concerns about privacy and data collection in cars, since many people store sensitive information on their phones and may not want it being accessed by their car. Do you think this is a cause for concern?
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Da fuq!?
Uh, yeah. Blatant privacy breach on a technical detail pretext. Not uncommon though.
"from **their** vehicles"?
Yeah, aux port only.
This site is interesting: https://privacy4cars.com/
Yeah, the fact that the auto makers were accused of intecepting text messages and their defense was "that's not illegal" instead of "OMG, no, we don't read customers' text messages!" is very telling about the amount of privacy you can expect in a modern vehicle.
Opt out. Buy an old clunker. If you're rich, buy an old muscle car instead.
https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy
I love my old Power Wagon for this very reason. 🤙🏻