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US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.

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US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.

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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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    26•2 years ago

    I wonder how long until we get to jailbreak our cars just so those cock suckers can’t spy on us.

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      6•2 years ago

      Technically you already can. I just hope you have extensive programming knowledge because you’re going to have to take an axe to the existing code.

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        6•2 years ago

        May be able to find and remove whatever it’s using as a cellphone antenna.

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          1•2 years ago

          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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