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      12-06-2016, 08:54 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by f30m View Post
I'd like to hope that would dissuade them from doing it, but these car companies have such powerful lawyers who knows what they could come up with.
It would take a class action lawsuit

Recall that not too long ago the recent case on the digital millenium act where most ALL automobile manufacturers had signed onto a suit trying to bar anyone but the manufacturer from accessing the electronics/computer systems of the car

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9...g-car-software

Car manufacturers got slapped down HARD and I bet that faced with a class action suit/legal challenge they would be required to provide access to any/all information being collected
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