Funny Little Thing That I Found

I was looking online to find out how to remove numbers from my Onstar unit. This was the first thing that I cliked on, because it caught my attention. I'm so glad I did, because I have NEVER EVER before in my whole f**kin' life laughed so hard like I did when I read this! Some people are paranoid little s**ts, aren't they?

http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2...15/onstar-off/

EDIT: In all seriousness, I do understand this guy's concerns. But come on, the government already does this crap with computers with internet access, land lines, & cell phones. But this guy acts like he just let some big cat out of the bag with this revelation. I'm gonna go ahead & do my best Bill Engvall impression here. Mr. Eric, here's your sign. You are very welcome.

When my aveo broke down i hit my onstar button.. when the girl answered i asked her if the police shut off my car.
really confused she asked me if there were police behind me. I told her i would know in a minute since i wasn't moving anymore.

i made her wait there for like 30 seconds, and then suggested it must not be the cops, and asked if i can get a tow.

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

When my aveo broke down i hit my onstar button.. when the girl answered i asked her if the police shut off my car.
really confused she asked me if there were police behind me. I told her i would know in a minute since i wasn't moving anymore.

i made her wait there for like 30 seconds, and then suggested it must not be the cops, and asked if i can get a tow.

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Now that is mighty funny. How did you do this with a straight face and not laughing?

I didn't have a straight face, but they can't see you..

Wow is all I can say about that article. Oh and why would the onstar cell phone be SIM'd? I'd put my money on it being a SIM free set up like USCellular. Or atleast hardwired SIM and not easily changed.

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Originally Posted by daug1502

Wow is all I can say about that article. Oh and why would the onstar cell phone be SIM'd? I'd put my money on it being a SIM free set up like USCellular. Or atleast hardwired SIM and not easily changed.

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GSM has a world wide market so it make sense that they would use a GSM cell based technology if you would want to sell cars outside of the US.

Having read through the article, I think that having a user provided SIM is not a bad idea. At least it would be linked to your accounts. That option would limit the sales of OnStar service.

Power is knowledge and let the ignorant be exploited. I am not surprised that FBI exploited the OnStar. In our new Digital Domain, personal privacy is a thing of the past. Hell! No telling what that "innocent" app is doing on your android phone. It could be just waiting idle or reporting your GPS position and phone state every 10 minutes.

Our personal Privacy is thing of the past, now the only thing possible is to limit the collateral damage. Or, slow down the bleeding of information.

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

I didn't have a straight face, but they can't see you..

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Are you SURE???

never could be sure.. i guess well know when someone cracks onstar database and loads all the pictures of teenage sex on the porn sites..

Hey, back in the 80's, I was wearing a badge, up above Seattle. I was patrolling back on the fire roads, as we had actually had some rustling going on. Yes, I said rustling. Some local farmers were missing cattle, and we were finding cattle parts back in these secluded areas. They were being rustled, and then butchered back in there. Alas, I digress... while back there, I saw a little import car rocking, normally I could tell you what make, but what I saw flushed all memory of the car from my mind. You couple, college kids, windows fogged, car rocking as they were in the passenger seat, and she was "playing horsey". hehehe. Well, I really did not want to leave them back there, as it was not safe, and I really did not want to sit there and guard them while she finished her ride... so I tapped on the window with my flashlight, identified myself, told them I wanted their id's, wanted them to get dressed, and out of the car. She was fine. I verified their id's, and that neither of them was wanted (at the time, we had a killer on the I-5 corridor, above and below Seattle), and gave them a little talking to. I told the boy that while they were of legal age, they were not allowed to be where they were, because it was restricted. Then I suggest he might check out the local motel, or a buddies house, and wished them a nice evening. Ya never know what you are going to find going on in a parked vehicle, or even a moving one for that matter.

As a side funny, is anyone here old enough to remember "Kentucky Fried Movie"? They had a funny scene where a couple were making out on the sofa, in front of the tv... and then you saw the whole news crew crowding together on the screen, watching the couple. Pretty funny at the time.

Well, if it isn't the FBI hacking the systems, whether or not they get permission from anyone to do it, there are people besides the FBI that are smart enough and good enough with a computer to hack Onstar and listen to your conversations. But I gotta ask; was it smart for that guy to just go and unhook that fuse? Even if it was just for the Onstar? I mean, the FBI has other methods of doing this kind of stuff if they really want to eavesdrop on you, or find out your location. I remember this article that I saw months ago where this kid took his car to a shop, and the mechanic found this little device under the car, which turned out to be a GPS tracking system. The kid took pics of him with the device and posted them on facebook. Not too long after that, the FBI came knocking. Apparently it was THEIR toy, and they wanted their toy back. But they wouldn't acknowledge that it was theirs.

Here's that article: Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back | Threat Level | Wired.com

Lmao, is this the official paranoia thread now?

no not paranoid.. just know my privacy isn't really private.


i also used to call onstar to have them unlock my doors. i have a SVM with manual locks. But it IS what they advertise on tv, and it is what the dealership use to "sell" me on onstar, not that i could buy a car without it.. but they were like its great, it do this and that...

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Lmao, that would be a nice lawsuit if they tried that one on me. . . How dumb was that dealer?

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Originally Posted by normburns

As a side funny, is anyone here old enough to remember "Kentucky Fried Movie"? They had a funny scene where a couple were making out on the sofa, in front of the tv... and then you saw the whole news crew crowding together on the screen, watching the couple. Pretty funny at the time.

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I saw that as a double header with Airplane ( I think I was 12). What an awesome movie! Normburns has my respect by bringing up a KFM reference. Now we can tie that with Grovetube we would be set.

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Originally Posted by daug1502

Lmao, is this the official paranoia thread now?

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No, I just find it funny that the guy in the first article acted like it was a big secret that the government can hack into Onstar and eavesdrop on anyone with that unit in their vehicle. And even if you didn't have it, they could just go & throw a good old GPS tracking system on the car & bug it, like in the second article.

Just saying, if you think you'll get 100% privacy these days, you are crazy! Rabbit has it right about the privacy thing. And some people accept that, while others... others go on a paranoid rampage. There are better ways to take care of it rather than cry that your rights are being violated. You could do your damnedest to have a 110% private conversation with someone instead. But even a face to face could have people listening to the conversation that you didn't want to. And I accept that. Not really much I can do about it. I only posted this article, because I almost died laughing at what I believe to be stating the obvious. And to me, the guy comes off as an idiot.

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Originally Posted by xintersecty

I saw that as a double header with Airplane ( I think I was 12). What an awesome movie! Normburns has my respect by bringing up a KFM reference. Now we can tie that with Grovetube we would be set.

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Yeah, I remember groove tube, but did not like it as much.
Be careful, you're showing your age! hehehe

ok... who stole my tin foil hat !:mad:

I have private convos all the time..........with myself. ;)

You could just unplug the microphone....or remove the VCIM altogether. but off the top of my head I don't know what else the VCIM controls

i tried, i was going to use an earlier dome light and eliminate it. But anywhere i unplugged the system turned on my airbag lights, so i couldnt be sure they would go off.

I'd bet dealers want you to use the service so they won't touch it.

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Originally Posted by Snafu

ok... who stole my tin foil hat !:mad:

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One of my airplane buddies (Pilot for American Eagle) on approach into Harrisburg Airport which happens to go right over 3 Mile Island. As they descended they started forming hats out of tin foil. The stewardess notice and asked them what they were doing. They told her about Three Mile Island and that they did not want to get radiation. She got really upset over this and they were kind enough to make here a foil seat and a hat. She promptly put them on and sat down in front of the passengers with this getup.

PRICELESS!