• forrgott@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    Kinda like how the “cash for clunkers” was to remove vehicles from the highways that didn’t have built in gps tracking (every car made since OnStar was a thing spies on you and can be located almost instantly via GPS and/or triangulation).

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        GPS/Navogation was not standard when Cash for Clunkers was active. GPS in that era was not part of a 2-way system, either. I have a car from later than that, fully loaded. The map comes from an SD card, it does not have any resident cell capability, and all built-in outbound communication functions are sent through a connected phone.

        As that commenter came back and commented, it was pulled from their ass.

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        8 days ago

        My source is the depths of my ass where I pulled it from. But I think I’m right…

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      Huh. Is that spy thing onstar or part of GPS that you need to have in your car’s computer bullshit because I don’t doubt mine has the tracker, I just don’t have onstar we cheap

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        8 days ago

        I believe they ditched that brand name years ago, but to my understanding the technology became more or less mandatory, if I recall. So your car must be able to phone home and tattle on you