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.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Agreed. But I don’t trust any carmaker to handle it this way.

      Admittedly, I hope Apple is able to find a way to require that iPhones install an app to work with these cars. That would put them under privacy labels. It won’t stop the car phoning home on its own, but black box surveillance is a different issue.