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Waco · 03-18-2010, 06:22 PM

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71647

jtzako · 03-18-2010, 06:23 PM

That wasnt OnStar, it was a custom immobilization thing. I'd rather have OnStar ability to shut down my car if it is stolen than worry about some disgruntled employee.

kdbolt70 · 03-18-2010, 06:25 PM

That uhh.... has zero to do with OnStar. It was some shotty crap a dealership installed.

That's kind of like saying don't ever use your credit card online because someone once had theirs stolen by a fraudulent website.

BackinBlackSS/RS · 03-18-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceaholic

If anybody needed further evidence of the potential vulnerabilities associated with allowing remote access to your vehicle via systems like OnStar, read the following:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...r-bricks-cars/

Sorry, but the benefits far outweigh any risks IMO.

Number 3 · 03-18-2010, 06:32 PM

What made you think this was remotely close to OnStar?

SSOOCH · 03-18-2010, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS

Sorry, but the benefits far outweigh any risks IMO.

+1

Jay_LHD3 · 03-18-2010, 06:39 PM

That is funny! I will think of this everytime I see a used car commercial stating no credit needed. Instead of the horn honking there should be a loud speaker saying, "I didn't make my car payment." (over and over)

TekkGuy · 03-18-2010, 06:41 PM

What does this have to do with OnStar? Two completely different systems used for completely different purposes.

*Camaro_Corvette* · 03-18-2010, 06:47 PM

Are you guys just searching for reasons to hate onstar!

Globemaster · 03-18-2010, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceaholic

If anybody needed further evidence of the potential vulnerabilities associated with allowing remote access to your vehicle via systems like OnStar, read the following:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...r-bricks-cars/

You might want to read the full story on this. This was a shop that installed aftermarket GPS

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto paymentsRead More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...r-bricks-cars/

*DGthe3* · 03-18-2010, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Globemaster

You might want to read the full story on this. This was a shop that installed aftermarket GPS

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto paymentsRead More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...#ixzz0iZSUuGX3

linky no worky

Globemaster · 03-18-2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGthe3

linky no worky

Fixed

RAdams · 03-18-2010, 10:10 PM

I first heard of the remote lockout systems when I saw a TV commercial from a little local dealer that was bragging about how they don't use them. I knew the dealer's name because they sold a coworker a car at a 24% interest rate. (I'd call that outrageous, but after helping her move TEN times because of failure to pay her rent, I'd say she probably ripped them off!)

03-18-2010, 06:25 PM	#17
kdbolt70 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Haslett, Mi Posts: 1,287 View My Garage	That uhh.... has zero to do with OnStar. It was some shotty crap a dealership installed. That's kind of like saying don't ever use your credit card online because someone once had theirs stolen by a fraudulent website. __________________ 2SS/RS Victory Red M6 w/ Black Rallys #3305 Muffler Delete, Lloyd "SS" Floormats, K&N Aircharger, Skip Shift Eliminator, Blacked Bowties

03-18-2010, 06:32 PM	#19
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,306 View My Garage	What made you think this was remotely close to OnStar? __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

03-18-2010, 06:39 PM	#21
Jay_LHD3 Drives: 2019 F150 RCSB Abyss FX4 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,277	That is funny! I will think of this everytime I see a used car commercial stating no credit needed. Instead of the horn honking there should be a loud speaker saying, "I didn't make my car payment." (over and over) Last edited by Jay_LHD3; 03-18-2010 at 09:21 PM.

03-18-2010, 06:41 PM	#22
TekkGuy Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS/A6/Sunroof Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 265 View My Garage	What does this have to do with OnStar? Two completely different systems used for completely different purposes. __________________

03-18-2010, 06:47 PM	#23
Camaro_Corvette 36.58625, -121.7568 Drives: Team 1LE Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 23,710 View My Garage	Are you guys just searching for reasons to hate onstar! __________________ I am seriously never serious vv V vv Next order of business

03-18-2010, 06:22 PM	#15
Waco Layla Drives: '10 2SS/RS, LS3, CGM/IO Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Newport, RI Posts: 345	http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71647

03-18-2010, 06:23 PM	#16
jtzako Drives: 2010 IBM Camaro SS Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW, Tx Posts: 1,157	That wasnt OnStar, it was a custom immobilization thing. I'd rather have OnStar ability to shut down my car if it is stolen than worry about some disgruntled employee.

03-18-2010, 10:10 PM	#27
RAdams Car Guy Drives: '08 Mustang GT, '01 Isuzu VehiCROSS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 441	I first heard of the remote lockout systems when I saw a TV commercial from a little local dealer that was bragging about how they don't use them. I knew the dealer's name because they sold a coworker a car at a 24% interest rate. (I'd call that outrageous, but after helping her move TEN times because of failure to pay her rent, I'd say she probably ripped them off!)

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