OnStar Considered Harmful

Frisky070802 writes "A few weeks ago Slashdot ran an article on the privacy issues in EzPass. Some of the comments referred to other things Big Brother could do with GPS in cars, and now the New York Times has run a column on what else your car is saying about you (free registration req'd). From the article: 'Aviel D. Rubin, the technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said that every new technology with the potential to invade privacy was introduced with pledges that it would be used responsibly. But over time, he said, the desire of law enforcement and business to use the data overtook the early promises. "The only way to get real privacy," he said, "is not to collect the information in the first place."'"

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OnStar Considered " Harmful "

[mrshowtime]

Whomever wrote that OnStar is considered Harmful is a retard. The title itself implies that OnStar causes some sort of damage/harm to it's users, when that could be the farthest thing from the truth. When I bought my car, the dealer made a great selling point on how they can quickly recover stolen vehicles with OnStar and that if I ever got in an accident, OnStar would automatically come on asking me if I needed help. Sure, hackers, FBI, et al, can hack into the system, but the odds of that happening are very, very low.

Re:OnStar Considered " Harmful "

[mrshowtime]

Jesus, you would have to be an uber-nerd to come up with such an obscure "in" joke. I had totally forgotten about that article.

Re:Anything can be abused

[black mariah]

Goddammit you whiny fuckers and your anti-registration bullshit. Just get a bullshit email address at mail.com like everyone else in the known universe and quit whining like a fucking pussy. Jesus tapdancing Christ you people are fucking annoying.