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Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {5694} OnStar Tracking Continues Even After Subscriptioin
Cancellation (your every move)
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Un-screw the cable that goes to the antenna, then attach a 50 ohm load
to both the antenna and cable, and it will render it useless as a
tracking device. The optimal thing to do is to find out where the
control module is located and remove the entire module, or add a kill
switch to the dash that kills the module, but the airbags firing
reactivates it.
-jma
bernieS wrote:
> What's the best specific technique (besides contacting OnStar) for
> ensuring that a vehicle's OnStar radio transceiver cannot send data to
> OnStar? Short-circuit the RF/antenna connector? That technique might
> be the least disruptive the vehicle's internal data network.
>
>
>
>
> At 02:34 PM 10/3/2011, Roger wrote:
>>
>>
>> Technology Beck�s OnStar Concerns Were Right � Tracking Continues
>> Even After Cancellation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Two years ago, Media Matters mocked Glenn Beck for his �conspiracy
>> theory� that OnStar had too much power with its ability to track
>> cars, listen to conversations and ultimately turn the car off. Well,
>> it looks like his concerns were accurate, as GM has just made a major
>> announcement about the GPS system.
>> Here�s the video from Media Matters in 2009:
>> <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/onstar-tracks-you/>Wired
>> now reports that even if you cancel your OnStar service, you are
>> still being tracked:
>> OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the
>> privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that
>> GPS-derived data in an anonymized format.
>> Adam Denison, a spokesman for the General Motors subsidiary, said
>> OnStar does not currently sell customer data, but it reserves that
>> right. He said both the new and old privacy policies allow OnStar to
>> chronicle a vehicle�s every movement and its speed, though it�s not
>> clear where that�s stated in the old policy.
>> �What�s changed [is that if] you want to cancel your OnStar service,
>> we are going to maintain a two-way connection to your vehicle unless
>> the customer says otherwise,� Denison said in a telephone interview.
>> The connection will continue, he said, to make it �easier to
>> re-enroll� in the program, which charges plans from $19 to $29
>> monthly for help with navigation and emergencies.
>>
>> <http://www.theblaze.com/stories/onstar-announces-tracking-continues-even-after-cancellation/snapz-pro-xscreensnapz065-2/>
>>
>> []
>>
>> Continuing to collect information, Denison said, makes it easier
>> OnStar to provide information for organizations that request it:
>> �We hear from organizations periodically requesting our information,�
>> he said.
>> He said an example of how the data might be used would be for the
>> Michigan Department of Transportation �to get a feel for traffic
>> usage on a specific section of freeway.� The policy also allows the
>> data to be used for marketing purposes by OnStar and vehicle
>> manufacturers.
>> Collecting location and speed data via GPS might also create a
>> treasure trove of data that could be used in criminal and civil
>> cases. One could also imagine an eager police chief acquiring the
>> data to issue speeding tickets en masse.
>>
>> Wired notes that blogger and forensic scientist
>> <http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/>Jonathan Zdziarski, who wrote about
>> OnStar �spying on customers� GPS location for profit� said he was
>> canceling his service and making sure he was fully disconnected. He
>> wrote, �When will our congress pass legislation that stops the
>> American people�s privacy from being raped by large data warehousing
>> interests? Companies like OnStar, Google, Apple, and the other large
>> abusive data warehousing companies desperately need to be investigated.�
>
>
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James M. Atkinson
President and Sr. Engineer
"Leonardo da Vinci of Bug Sweeps and Spy Hunting"
Granite Island Group
jm..._at_tscm.com
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