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Privacy issues Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:16:45 In Reply to: Don't use an On-Star equippped car in a get-away, John Anderson, Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:34:00 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
With On-Star, I have given someone else the capability to monitor my every move. This same capability is nearly in place if I carry a cell phone turned on.
Now, I'm not paranoid (you're not paranoid if they really ARE out to get you! - Shhh- don't tell THEM I said so -) and I don't think the government or some Dark Force really cares enough about me to watch my every move. That's a level of self-importance I just can't muster. But personally, I'm not willing to trade my privacy for the capability to find a pizza parlor in any city in the nation.
The airbag notification is nice, to a point. It definately would come in handy if I drove off the road and into the woods some dark night, hidden from view. However, in the grand scheme of things, that's pretty damn remote. I'm willing to take my chances. As to most of the other features, call me a Luddite, but I've made do with maps and good directions up to now. And I don't use a cell phone, regular, hands-free, or surgically implanted, while driving.
I think On-Star is great for those folks that want it. But it should be an option. I resent having to pay for it in the purchase price of the car.
Folks that believe in the Black Helicopters and montoring from space usually are called fringe, at best. But instead of some shadowy quasi-governmental organization financed by drug money and alien technology (and proceeds from payoffs for the Kennedy shootings), we're signing up for it ourselves, and financing it with no-downpayment leases and attractive interest rates.
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