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      Would not be surprised considering the scandals I heard about with other car clickers. Then again demanding backdoors into stuff can directly lead to those scandals who knows which came first

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    Scary to think about. I don’t understand why they would even need the app considering they have no problem bashing in your window and arresting you if they feel like it.

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      Easier to get into the car without leaving a trace when you aren’t around. Main reason is probably so car manufacturers can feel safely included in the glorious panopticon

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        It’s been nearly 30 years since OnStar launched. It’s been a plot device in numerous TV shows and movies. People are informed, but the average citizen falls for the if you’ve got nothing to hide rhetoric, and takes the bait on the it’ll help catch pedophiles trick every time. Average people are informed, they’d just rather not eat the expense of critical thinking.

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          I wasn’t speaking about awareness of the existence of tracking. I meant how to safely disable it.

          My current vehicle is just about 20 years old, so I’ve never had one connected to the net before. I’m dreading the day this thing finally dies, and I have to find one that doesn’t do that, or figure out how to kill the connection without affecting functionality.

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          Normies: “Stolen vehicle slow-down!? YES, please! It’s not like I could steal my own vehicle!”

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      Guy makes the claim at around 5 min ten seconds. I tend to just copy titles as I find them unless it makes things unclear

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    I’m picturing ICE agents wedging their phones in car doors, and wrenching them open.