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At the risk or being labeled a paranoid whacko, it is a privacy thing for me.
I work in the technology world, and I see abuses of information and access all of the time. I wouldn't get a TiVo for the same reason. The contracts for OnStar and Tivo are very similar - the service provider has the right to access their hardware and download any information that they want.
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I think that there's already a black box on some cars and its not the onstar. that black box can be used by law enforcement agencies to determine your speed in a car crash and might also be used by insurance agencies. So you are on the right track about the black box, but on the wrong track about it being onstar.
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you are correct, the onstar module is not the infamous black box, the infamous black box is the SDM used to control the air bags.
tkat:
if you are that paranoid, u can just pull the fuse, and the onstar module is disabled. pull the fuse for the SDM and your air bags are disabled, but the aluminum foil will protect your head