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.
I just turn the phone on silent. In fact silent is the default mode. To many spammers. There is nothing important enough in my life that requires immediate attention. Might change if I find a woman and get kids but not likely.
I wonder if this interacts with Android Auto. AA essentially uses your car’s speakers and screen as peripherals for your phone, so hopefully it’s sandboxed out of the car’s systems (except then it’s Google reading your messages).
Why are cars even getting text messages in the first place?
The idea is the car reads your texts to you via TTS so it’s less tempting to look at your phone while driving.
I just turn the phone on silent. In fact silent is the default mode. To many spammers. There is nothing important enough in my life that requires immediate attention. Might change if I find a woman and get kids but not likely.
I wonder if this interacts with Android Auto. AA essentially uses your car’s speakers and screen as peripherals for your phone, so hopefully it’s sandboxed out of the car’s systems (except then it’s Google reading your messages).