[HN Gopher] Court rules automakers can record and intercept owne...
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       Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
        
       Author : leotravis10
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-11-08 21:17 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | JumpCrisscross wrote:
       | "The district court properly dismissed Plaintiffs' claim for
       | failure to satisfy the WPA's statutory injury requirement. _See
       | WASH. REV. CODE SS 9.73.060._ To succeed at the pleading stage of
       | a WPA claim, a plaintiff must allege an injury to 'his or her
       | business, his or her person, or his or her reputation.' _Id._
       | Contrary to Plaintiffs' argument, a bare violation of the WPA is
       | insufficient to satisfy the statutory injury requirement" [1].
       | 
       | This sounds like the correct ruling. What we need is (a) evidence
       | of harm and (b) legislation defining certain absolute rights to
       | privacy, without an injury requirement. Given these data are
       | provided to law enforcement, finding (a) shouldn't be impossible.
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       | [1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24133084-22-35448
        
       | bell-cot wrote:
       | > In an example of the issues at stake, plaintiffs in one of the
       | five cases filed suit against Honda in 2021, arguing that
       | beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company's
       | vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text
       | messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system.
       | 
       | > An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation,
       | provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not
       | offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages
       | are downloaded, Berla's software makes it impossible for vehicle
       | owners to access their communications and call logs but does
       | provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.
       | 
       | Ugh. Another reason to keep driving my old car.
        
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