Reply #15: Thank you for posting this. It confirms all the paranoia... [View All]

[newswolf56]

I've had about OnStar since I first read of it. Indeed when I expressed precisely this possibility to a close friend -- an otherwise very intelligent and perceptive woman, an avowed feminist (who is nevertheless always entirely too PollyAnna-enthusiastic about new technology) -- she dismissed my concerns as absurd. Now however I'll send her this link.

The worst danger in OnStar is that it allows a tyrannical government to monitor our whereabouts 24/7 -- a grave threat to liberty at any time but especially under the Bush/Christofascist Cabal now in power. (In this context, I have heard -- but do not know for a fact -- that some states are already considering legislation to make OnStar mandatory in all vehicles.)