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

submitted 1 year ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's really no reason to cache anything more than a day old. And if you're using Android Auto, the car shouldn't need to store anything. It all goes through your phone.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

And it says that they are selling your personal data, including your personal conversations to target ads and to law-enforcement