That's really interesting, I hadn't thought of it in that way. Are you sure they sell puzzle pieces rather than simply aggregated data?
On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:20 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/21/gms-onstar-now-spying-on-your-car-for-profit-even-after-you-uns/ > > and in GM's response, this little gem: > > "We have never sold any personally identifiable [onStar] information to any > third party." > > That is a bold statement. GM sells onStar puzzle pieces, and people who like > to solve puzzles buy those pieces, and a bunch of other pieces from other > puzzle piece vendors. Then they put all of those puzzle pieces together and > decipher the minute details of people's lives. > > So what kind of hit rate could we expect for onStar data if we > cross-referenced all other commercially available datasets against all > commercially available onStar data? If someone can prove that the hit rate > is zero, my next car will be a GM. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342914 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
