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hunter

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14. I haven't rented a car or had a credit card for so long...

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 01:51 PM

Mar 2015

... I'm not sure this is ever going to be a problem for me.

I'm pretty sure any modern car is capable of spying on you.

That nice OnStar system can help you in an accident, but more importantly, it can prevent the car from starting if you miss a payment, or tell the police where to find the car if you've quit paying and skipped town too.

I think the automatic license plate scanner technology is scarier. Law enforcement and spy agencies don't even have to depend on your car's electronics to know where you've been.

We bought a former rental car, a 1990's model that had an after-market remote starter disabling device installed in it. That was just before the time, I guess, the auto companies started installing them in all the cars they sold to rental companies, sometimes as simple software in a car's regular electronics. When we bought our car the rental company had probably quit removing the devices from cars they sold because they didn't need to reuse them anymore.

I didn't like the idea that someone could disable the starter on my car by entering a wrong number, so I removed the device.

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Hertz puts cameras in its rental cars, says it has no plans to use them [View all] Ron Obvious Mar 2015 OP

Faux cameras are often placed. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #1

why is this a problem? Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #2

Because fuck spy cameras. Iggo Mar 2015 #4

it's not a very good spy camera if everyone knows about it Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #5

Yep. Iggo Mar 2015 #6

There a private company and can do what they want yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #29

Yes. Iggo Mar 2015 #31

I imagine not everyone wishes to be filmed when driving. LanternWaste Mar 2015 #22

they should stay out of office bldgs, elevators, stay off street corners,anywhere in public , Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #28

Because you have a reasonable expectation of privacy inside of a vehicle. Glassunion Mar 2015 #36

privacy? youre surrounded by glass Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #40

Find the camera and then two words: DUCT TAPE. winstars Mar 2015 #3

That was my first thought but... TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #15

Lipstick or Elmer's white glue. Xithras Mar 2015 #35

Yeah! That's the ticket! KamaAina Mar 2015 #8

Of course they don't have any plans to use them KamaAina Mar 2015 #9

Easy fix Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #10

Since Hertz is doing it. Expect others to. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #11

I understand Rent-a-wreck is installing Dummy Dome 24/7 LED Flash cameras Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #12

You mean they might catch people texting while driving? Heaven forbid! valerief Mar 2015 #13

How about a computer in the car that does all of those things. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #16

I think the I Love Guns group misses you. nt valerief Mar 2015 #41

Never been there. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #46

I haven't rented a car or had a credit card for so long... hunter Mar 2015 #14

Yes the computers do record your information in your car. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #17

Those OnStar commercials have always been revolting to me Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #30

Simple response: your civil rights aren't being violated. brooklynite Mar 2015 #18

I didn't mention anything about civil rights being violated. Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #20

No one said otherwise tkmorris Mar 2015 #27

Well, that should cut down on the hanky-panky while driving. MineralMan Mar 2015 #19

That sounds a little too much like "if you haven't got anything to hide..." to me Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #23

Not really. The cars belong to the rental company. MineralMan Mar 2015 #25

That's the same excuse restaurants used to use demwing Mar 2015 #43

No, actually it's nothing like that. MineralMan Mar 2015 #44

Yes, it's very much like that demwing Mar 2015 #45

I agree Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #33

The number of apologists here for liberalhistorian Mar 2015 #21

Frightening isn't it? Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #24

Indeed, it is. Twelve years ago when I liberalhistorian Mar 2015 #26

It's an illustration of the boiling frog metaphor, I think. Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #32

You would have been describing the Soviet Bogeyman I learned about in the 70s. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #38

I've come to expect it from certain posters Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #34

There's probably a camera on the outside too. Renew Deal Mar 2015 #37

of course not; they're just fake cameras, etc. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #39

They should get a celebrity spokesperson. Orrex Mar 2015 #42