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Originally Posted by 90503
Interesting all this data collection by GM. Curious though about the connection between all the auto thefts and GMs ability to collect elaborate data. That is, does the data collection stop as soon as the car is stolen? Why can't the data be used to trace the car's movements and locations as soon as it is stolen? On-Star claims to be able to do this, but yet it seems the thieves are able to defeat the tracking, which should be a function of data collection.
So many threads and ideas about how to defeat the On-Star and the data collection by GM, yet owners seem to be struggling to do this, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for the car thieves.
Why can't this data collection system be used to track down stolen cars? So many want to end unwanted data collection and the loss of personal privacy, yet ironically the only ones capable of doing this are car thieves....lol
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It is used to track down stolen cars. Sometimes.
But then we rely on our uniformed public servants to go track the vehicles down for us. Vehicle theft is a lower priority than violent crime and other types of theft.
Police aren't paid very well. Folks aren't willing to foot the additional tax bill to seriously bolster department resources and add 200,300% more officers or fund vehicle theft units fully.
Let's say they catch the crook who stole your car. Then what? Put them in prison, pay all their food, housing, and medical expenses? And when you let them out, they go back to stealing?
Arpad might be on to something, although we elected not to have an authoritarian government, and our police aren't that crooked. There's all kinds of corruption in the UAE, you just have to be someone in order for authorities to look the other way.