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OnStar Nav. System Used to Track Bank Robbers

Posted by michael on from the remote-control dept.

andrew writes "Looks like companies and/or authorities really do use car navigation systems to track us despite their indignant denials."

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  1. Re:I mean really . . . by bauble · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did it ever occur to the rather focused poster that the reason they used OnStar is because the car was STOLEN and that's one of the things it's FOR.

    ME: Officer, I'd like to report my car stolen.

    OFFICER: OK sir. I have to tell you that our rate of finding stolen cars really isn't very good.

    ME: But I know where it is.

    OFFICER: Really? Great! We'll get right on that. How do you know where it is?

    ME: I have OnStar.

    OFFICER: Ooh... Uh.. We can't really use that, so ah... we'll have to use our normal techniques, but I have to tell you that our success rate isn't very good...