OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit

Re:OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit by badragon on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @01:01PM (#3018410)

That is why I would never consider buying a GM car

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Re:OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit by joezydeco on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @03:28PM (#3019202)

Then let's talk about Toyota and their black boxes that you can't get into:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/16/toyotas-black-box-cou...

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Re:OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit by superuser2 on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @08:32AM (#3021705)

Why would Toyota be able to get at this data without physical access? Doesn't look like there's evidence of radio capability, unless I'm missing something...

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Re:OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit by jroll on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @02:18PM (#3018880)

You don't think other companies are capable of slipping a GPS/3G chip in your vehicle to do the same thing? I don't know what the legality of this would be, but I'm sure they could slide a clause into the pile of documents you sign when buying a car.

The difference with a GM vehicle is that the customer knows the data is being recorded.

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Re:OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit by rhizome on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @02:34PM (#3018965)

I'm not sure what documents from the manufacturer (and consequently the operator of the GPS hardware/database) you're thinking would need to be signed, but the only stuff I signed when I bought my car was from the dealership and the bank.

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