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.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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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 😂

    • grue@lemmy.world
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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.