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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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