On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Chris Boyd <cb...@gizmopartners.com> wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > >> I'm not so sure. While I empathize with the mother, Onstar does have a >> point--they can't reactivate the Onstar system without someone pressing >> the "Blue button". >> >> A software design/architecture issue, which could undoubtedly be fixed >> going forward. > > Yes, they will probably looking at changing that. Which opens another can of > worms. How do you know the caller's not just trying to steal the car or > something from the car? Stolen Visa card + access to DMV registration > records + OnStar = access to any car in the mall parking lot. > > From the report: > >> Tampa Police, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, and Triple AAA had responded, >> but asked them to reach out to OnStar first. > > Since when does having OnStar mean that the fire/police won't respond? I can > understand if they were busy with higher priority life threatening issues. I > can understand if they wanted to resolve the situation as quickly as > possible, and OnStar could do that at a lower cost to the jurisdiction. > Would be nice if ABCActionNews had gone into more depth there.... > > But AAA? Aren't they _paid_ to respond?
I think that's the key, it was a total non-emergency, but what mom wants their kid locked up while the non-emergency delay is met? So they were like, heh, see if OnStar will open the damn door. _______________________________________________ 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.
