On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:28 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. > > Totally true. Didn't you guys see "Live Free or Die Hard"? > 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? > > --Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joel Esler | 302-223-5974 | gtalk: jes...@sourcefire.com
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