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Connecting your phone to a rental or friends cars bluetooth will also snarf all your contacts and identifying phone data. Often times in a way that cannot be erased, even by a tech.


When the car asks your phone for contact info, you click decline.


In Android, at least, it defaults the checkbox to allow contact and text message sharing. You have to uncheck it before hitting connect. It's not actually an allow/deny contact sharing button. It's an extra step if and only if you want to deny. Dark pattern.


Even if you decline Contact syncing but otherwise use Carplay?




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