Nah i stand by the privacy rights.
Its not the GPS as such because its one-way the cars can't transmit they only receive they transmit a location via PSTN and a locater only when an authorized user instructs the car to do so, what annoys me is the fact that a function of the car has been activated without the owners approval hell even without MB approval.
If cars where going around broadcasting this information all the time i could understand it so much more because then it really is public and while that could be used for things like collision avoidance systems in the future its currently not the case the cars only receive information unless instructed otherwise the fact anybody can demand this be enabled apart from the driver really pi$$es me off.
And anyway its hardly foolproof anybody could simply disconnect the tele-aid controller from the phone and antenna input and it would be disabled without even needing a dealer to recode the MOST, better yet because of its design you could remove it from the car completely connect it up to a GPS antenna and a boosted phone antenna supply 12 volts and its now broadcasting a totally wrong location, it would be a shame if the police wasted time hunting down a box because they can't be bothered to do it the right way wouldn't it.
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