... > Am trying to figure out the logistics. ... > In addition since when can a civilian company do something without a warant ? ...
I believe that the claim of OnStar is that the the owner of the vehicle has to initiate the request to enable the SVS feature (passphrase/code?), and only then will the operator direct Law Enforcement to the vehicle via the GPS location, and only when Law Enforcement has the vehicle on sight will they initiate the disablement. So, OnStar was performing an act on behalf/request of their customer (the owner of the stolen vehicle). Sounds like a basic civil contract to me (although I have never had OnStar, nor read their contracts with their customers). Whether OnStar would disable vehicles on the request of LE without the owner's request, and what authorization they would require, is left as a different exercise. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
