Hack your OnStar system... Big brother is watching...

[Aaron Gibson]

What would Tom Ridge say?

Todd Young wrote:

> This is precisely the reason to buy the "equipment", but NOT the 
> service. With the OnStar equipment and the hack listed below, you can 
> do your own GPS navigation, without using the service, and therefore 
> you would NOT be able to be tracked via the cel phone calls that 
> OnStar has to make for the "service" to work.
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> David Thoresen wrote:
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>> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/10/213653.shtml
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>> I have nothing to hide from Big Brother, but everything to hide from 
>> my neighbor.  The prospect that the average citizen (OnStar 
>> Techinicians) can listen in on my conversations is a little 
>> unnerving.  If/when I buy a vehicle with OnStar or similar, the cable 
>> will be cut before I drive off the showroom floor.
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>> I am not a big fan of the GPS tracking on cell phones either... :(
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>> Ciao!
>> David
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>>> I thought some of you might find this interesting, since Audi and VW 
>>> are going to offer OnStar in their vehicles. Or if you already have 
>>> a GM vehicle with OnStar.
>>>
>>> Basically, you can hack into the system and use a PC instead of 
>>> having to pay the yearly subscription.
>>>
>>> http://members.cox.net/onstar/
>>> -- 
>>> Todd Young
>>> 7079 Dawn Ave. E.
>>> Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
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