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.

  • Melpomene@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe my car is connected to the internet, thankfully, but I dislike the idea that the data may be stored somewhere in the system. Any idea whether there’s a hack to access and remove the data yet?

    Currently, nothing is shared through the car (audio only, enjoy my boring music habits) but that was not always the case.

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      1 year ago

      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 😂

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        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.)

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        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.