Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted child inside until paid

Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by super256 on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:31PM (#34962922)

I would actually prefer VW to not add tracking capabilities to the car in the first place.

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Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by barbazoo on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:43PM (#34963694)

It's opt in and useful for many things people want to do.

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Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by sand500 on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:50PM (#34963771)

It's only opt in if it requires additional hardware to be installed.

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Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by barbazoo on Monday February 27, 2023 @09:43PM (#34965013)

By that logic, is Tesla FSD also not opt in because the capability is already built in, just has to be activated via software?

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Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by 0cVlTeIATBs on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:31PM (#34965641)

The hardware that users must remove from a Tesla to disable telemetry is opt-out.

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Re:Volkswagen briefly refused to track car with abducted chi... by hgsgm on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:41PM (#34965699)

The article explains that it's not opt-in when the police order it.

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