I thought this was the whole rationale for saving GM - that the gov't would then easily be able to make use of OnStar.<p>Seriously, no one finds the idea of law enforcement being able to turn off your car remotely, without a court order or a hearing, a little scary?
As a little bit of background for those not from New York state, Senator Schumer has a news conference almost every Sunday that gets picked up by the local news media where he rails against some injustice or another. These injustices are usually minor issues that are usually supported by anecdotal stories and manage to get Schumer in front of the a decent chunk of Sunday news viewers once a week.<p>I'm sure some action gets taken from at least some of these news conferences but it certainly feels like grandstanding on an issue as I've never personally read/seen Schumer follow up on any of his Sunday issues.<p>In the interest of disclosure, I've voted for the man twice.
I could be wrong but this story was made public by a simple blog post by a guy who decided to crack open the OnStar TOS update he received by email. <a href="http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=1270" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=1270</a><p>The Internet is an amazing thing!
I heard that onstar has a near perfect track record for returning stolen vehicles. Is this true? And if so isn't a certain level of privacy breach necessary for this kind of success?