Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
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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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Sorry your car just stopped working for “safety” reasons.

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If that were the case, there would be traffic jams in tunnels across the country due to disabled cars.

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Nah, it just detects the presence of the hardware.

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But not the faraday cage around the telematics unit.

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Yeah I’m not saying it’s impossible. Just not easy.

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But it is easy.

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You’d have to remove the dash on some car models. That is well beyond easy.

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For you, perhaps.

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