Okay, Mr. Conspiracy Theory. Did you ever consider that added features MAY add to sales numbers? I, for one, think this is a pretty cool feature. I doubt it would be used often, but, I'd rather my stolen vehicle start to slow down when lights and sirens start blaring behind the thief, instead of him going on a high-speed chase and wrecking my sweet ride.
If you are so worried about your privacy, then don't pay for the service when you get a GM car. If you don't subscribe to it, legally, OnStar can't report your tracking information to the authorities.
I see Generally Malevolent is up to their old tricks again. How nice, a system that not only tracks your every movement but can disable your vehicle remotely on-demand.
I wonder if they will be making these standard to co-inside with that incredible idea of taxing driving miles. Didn't pay your "taxes" from that trip to NYC? You get a notice that your car will only drive a max 30mph for the next two days and afterwards will become non-functional until you pay up, deadbeat.
Or worse, lets say you posted some nasty comments about the illegal war in Iran/Syria - someone at homeland flags you as a security risk who maybe shouldn't be driving on the highway (if at all)...and boom... they now dictate your physical movements (unless, of course, you walk).
Funny people attack these POSSIBILITIES as if they are some impossible far-out conspiracy theory. These are probably the sames people that fell for the Iraq-WMD conspiracy theory themselves. I wonder if they would even resist a camera being shoved up their ass, if it makes them "more secure"..
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yacoub @ Oct 9th 2007 9:48AM
One more step in removing control from the citizen under the guise of "protection" or "safety".
Kennyb123 @ Oct 9th 2007 9:58AM
Okay, Mr. Conspiracy Theory. Did you ever consider that added features MAY add to sales numbers? I, for one, think this is a pretty cool feature. I doubt it would be used often, but, I'd rather my stolen vehicle start to slow down when lights and sirens start blaring behind the thief, instead of him going on a high-speed chase and wrecking my sweet ride.
My two cents.
Douglas Brace @ Oct 9th 2007 10:00AM
If you are so worried about your privacy, then don't pay for the service when you get a GM car. If you don't subscribe to it, legally, OnStar can't report your tracking information to the authorities.
nntpgrip @ Oct 9th 2007 10:48AM
However illegally, they can do whatever they want.
You have two options:
Don't buy GM
Have someone forcibly remove all OnStar Hardware from your new vehicle.
nikola @ Oct 9th 2007 9:50PM
I see Generally Malevolent is up to their old tricks again. How nice, a system that not only tracks your every movement but can disable your vehicle remotely on-demand.
I wonder if they will be making these standard to co-inside with that incredible idea of taxing driving miles. Didn't pay your "taxes" from that trip to NYC? You get a notice that your car will only drive a max 30mph for the next two days and afterwards will become non-functional until you pay up, deadbeat.
Or worse, lets say you posted some nasty comments about the illegal war in Iran/Syria - someone at homeland flags you as a security risk who maybe shouldn't be driving on the highway (if at all)...and boom... they now dictate your physical movements (unless, of course, you walk).
Funny people attack these POSSIBILITIES as if they are some impossible far-out conspiracy theory. These are probably the sames people that fell for the Iraq-WMD conspiracy theory themselves. I wonder if they would even resist a camera being shoved up their ass, if it makes them "more secure"..
Porfirio Reyes @ Oct 10th 2007 2:46AM
LMAO!! you're a moron.