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Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)

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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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[-] haulyard@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Is anyone familiar enough to know if this includes text via Apple CarPlay?

[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I believe CarPlay is still almost entirely controlled by the Apple device and the screen in the car is a glorified display. So the car would likely know that you’re using CarPlay but probably not much else.

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