Big Brother is Watching

[Stefano]

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[cook_dw]

Just another reason why to buy an older vehicle and not buy new.

[GaryC]

And they are doing this for what reason?????

[jannes_z-28]

I know they have it in Volvo's too. A friend of mine hit a moose and when they called the emergency services they already knew about it and where it had happen. They had a brand new Volvo and it had a built in GPS system that reported to the emergency services when the airbags deployed.

Can be good if you're knocked out and unconscious. These guys were lucky and didn't get a scratch on them selves. But the car and the camper they were towing was totaled. The moose ended up in the back of the camper.

[acelr8]

If it only turned on in a potential medical situation that might be acceptable. Any data collected can and probably will be used against you.

[70 copo]

Why not just unhook the GPS/OnStar/SYNC lead that goes to the antenna? I would think the vehicle control system would then just search for contact the same way it would if you were driving a distance in a mountain tunnel.

[Hemicolt]

Don't forget, the insurance companies are offering the boxes to install in your car that monitor &quot;safe driving&quot;.
I believe in the long run the only thing Orwell will be wrong about will be that there will be no need for the Thought Police or the Ministry of Love. The majority will run down the control path with open arms.

[budnate]

a couple of years ago the Vette guys went crazy removing the on-star on the C-5 forum with the whole on-star backlash, they also were going after the black data boxes,

there was some work around then that the car didn't miss the connection and ran fine, guessing the big three took note and I bet the system's cant be disabled without killing the rig these days.

[Schonyenko2]

Up side: If you are in a crash with air bag deployment, it's automatically called into the 911 system. It gives location of the incident, and tries to contact the occupants. Relays real time info for responding emergency crews.

Down side: Potential for abuse/invasion of privacy/hacking into the system, etc.

Nothing more that I could really say without pushing the bounds of being political.

[70 copo]

I do not see it as political yet. The technology is there and no matter who is in power, and I do not want my insurance rates or my eligibility to get tags or plates eventually determined by someone snooping into how fast I drive on some country road.

Follow the money..If there is money to be made or saved by someone-trouble will be not too far behind.

I am reminded by a sign at the BMV that &quot;Driving is a privilege not a right&quot;, and a think there are many, many ways for the BMV or insurance companies to abuse data in real time now or in the future.