scriptjunkie

Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors win ruling they did not violate laws when their "vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system... software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access...

Many car manufacturers are selling car owners’ data to advertisers as a revenue boosting tactic"

https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy

Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages

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.

Nov 8, 2023 at 7:25pmWeb
Show threadscriptjunkieNov 8, 2023

Yeah, your car tracking what radio stations you listen to is a little creepy, and location is pretty creepy, but *secretly storing the contents of your text messages* is an entire other, way worse world.

And Tesla is the only automaker to not do this apparently?

Unfortunately I guess this means the Mozilla "Privacy Not Included" automaker review was fatally flawed, as it did not mention this. I don't see text messages anywhere in https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/honda/ for example.

*Privacy Not Included review: Honda

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