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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by dmitrygr on Sunday November 12, 2023 @02:54PM (#38243535)
At least in android this prompt is relatively new (compared to the age of this lawsuit). It used to show no dialog and just give access…
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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by BoorishBears on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:11PM (#38243675)
That sounds like your manufacturer did something weird, the confirmation dialog goes back to some pretty old versions of Android

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Sett...

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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by dmitrygr on Sunday November 12, 2023 @04:27PM (#38244236)
Sorry for me 2015 is “recent”. I worked on android 2012-2018.
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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by BoorishBears on Sunday November 12, 2023 @05:25PM (#38244730)
2015 is just some arbitrary commit that touched the message and was easy to Google: if you worked on Android I'm sure you're handy enough with Gerrit to find exactly when the message was added but afaik it dates back to the earliest versions that supported this.
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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by sheepshear on Sunday November 12, 2023 @05:20PM (#38244692)
Looks like the request is qualified with "when connected", which would not grant permission to store the data.
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Re:Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violat... by gamblor956 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:43PM (#38243901)
This prompt has been in Android for years...At least as far back as the Galaxy S1 and the Pixel 1.

The prompt is relatively new for iPhones though. I've had plenty of rental cars where Apple users' entire phonebooks had been uploaded to the car.

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