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In reply to the discussion: Wall Street Can Now Disable Your Car When You're Driving on the Freeway [View all]ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)You are 100% correct.
While GM touts the 'safety' advantages of OnStar, what they don't advertize is that they gather data on your vehicle (no big problem there) but they also monitor your driving habits and this is no slippery slope, we've already hit the bottom.
If you have an ignition interlock that won't turn the starter motor over, that's probably one wire to bypass and if you want it to look like it's still working, just bypass the interlock but leave it connected. The one's that disable your engine management computer are a bit different but I think they use the OBDII port for the device, you could unplug it and it might work but it's also possible that they've flashed the computer's non volatile memory so if it doesn't see the device, it acts like it would if it was shut down.
I'd love to get my hands on one of these to see what they've done since I see this device will probably be installed in all vehicles in the near future for the children you know along with child safety seats for children under 25.