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."'"

Comments

Duh...

[blankmange]

Anything that can track when and where you are is subject to violation - either by the government or anyone else. Get used to it or abstain; take your pick.

Looks like NYT is out of topics again

[nomad63]

What is the big deal with onstar while the number of cars carrying it are stuill countable whereas millions of cell phone users, announcing their whereabouts (maybe with not that exact accuracy but it also is coming) minute-in and minute-out.

It also sounds like an NYT staff writer or freelancer is at odds with someone from GM and/or onstar team. I personally do not take anything that I read on media for its face value, especially from a paper like NYT, who has a very skewed angle for looking at the world events.

Next please ....