"Good luck, Honda"

[GrandAmGT]

Originally Posted by Thor142

Hello this is Onstar we've received data that you've exceeded the posted speed limit by 40mph. We have disabled your vehicle and notified law enforcement for your own safety.
We could go on like this all day

"Hello, this is Onstar, our records indicate that your wife or girlfriend was making out with another man while in your vehicle. Please monitor this situation carefully. Thank you for choosing Onstar."

You have to actually subscribe to Onstar and have the service activated before your car snitches on you true? In other words, there's no backdoor way for your car to still send data to GM without you knowing?

[ssrs2lt]

No I'm sure your data is collected with it without onstar on..

[Thor142]

Originally Posted by ssrs2lt

No I'm sure your data is collected with it without onstar on..

Oh absolutely. There's no way GM is relying on you to pay for their spying services.

[DenverTaco07]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Well, not 'any' service (at least, you can't infer that from this article). The Porsche went in to get some recall work done on the engine. It was unspecified what the issue was with the McLaren but it looks like they had to take it in multiple times to fix something.

It makes absolute perfect sense that when there is a problem with the car, the dealer will pull as much diagnostic information from the car as possible & look for things that are out of whack. And so if you have a persistent (or multiple) issues with your McLaren (or any other car for that matter), and take it into a dealer for service ... why wouldn't you expect them to plug into the OBDII and download and and all data they can?

In the case of the Porsche, even though it went in because of a recall, the data can still be used to get more details about the causes and/or effects of the known issue so that it can be prevented or mitigated in future cars.

i thought it said porsche went in for steering recall...

I'm just saying...it isn't ethical IMO. Even if black box data is required to do a specific service, only the data needed should be accessed. The Mclaren..."you did 212 MHP on what track?" seems like they are looking at data they didn't need to, if so why bring up the where?

Maybe I'm being unrealistic, but as a systems and network engineer I have the keys to the kingdom at my organization, doesnt mean i should access the CEO's email.

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Thor142

Chevy black boxes actually send all your data to the dealers via onstar (or whatever but I bet it's onstar.) My salesman used to call me and ask if I needed to buy more miles on my lease cause he kept getting notifications that based on monthly usage I was going to go over. He also said he hoped I was at a drag strip doing 118. If any of you think you even have a hint of anonymity or privacy left in this e-world you better be living in a cave with no contact to civilization

Yeah, I was going to say that I recall seeing a top speed logged somewhere in my Buick's menus.

It's definitely not national secret level stuff nowadays.

[Ragnar]

Hello this is Onstar and we are sharing information about your driving habits with your insurance company. Oh SNAP!!!! I need one of these for my car!