OnStar the modules still continue to register to cell phone towers even
after the company has promised a customer that it was "deactivated" In
fact the module do actually have the capability of being remotely
deactivated, only unplugged which requires physical access to the unit.
During a sweep the modules will be seen to be repeatedly registering and
res-registering with the local cell phone towers, these tower records
can be used to locate the number of On/Star users in an area, or to
locate one specific On/Star user (who has been falsely told the unit was
turned off).
I did an extensive presentation at the conference back in Spring 2009
and have a copy of the protocol and procedure to find and deal with them
in the PPT on my site.
-jma
Peter Capek wrote:
> OnStar un-did their policy change very quickly after protests from
> users. They no longer collect any data if you've unsubscribed. See
> this:
>
> http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/onstar-backtracks-on-collection-of-data-from-ex-subscribers/
>
>
--
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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(978) 546-3803
Received on Sat Mar 02 2024 - 00:57:17 CST