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star - A subsequent report shows it was not OnStar ... and if Uncle canlisten _without_ disabling the system to use (trivial software fix),then it's legal. Read the whole opinion.On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:01:10 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote: By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com The FBI and other police agencies may not eavesdrop on conversations inside automobiles equipped with OnStar or similar dashboard computing systems, a federal appeals court ruled. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the FBI is not legally entitled to remotely activate the system and secretly use it to snoop on passengers, because doing so would render it inoperable during an emergency. In a split 2-1 ruling the majority wrote that "the company could not assist the FBI without disabling the system in the monitored car" and said a district judge was wrong to have granted the FBI its request for surreptitious monitoring. The court did not reveal which brand of remote-assistance product was being used but did say it involved "luxury cars" and, in a footnote, mentioned Cadillac, which sells General Motors' OnStar technology in all current models. After learning that the unnamed system could be remotely activated to eavesdrop on conversations after a car was reported stolen, the FBI realized it would be useful for "bugging" a vehicle, Judges Marsha Berzon and John Noonan said. http://news.com.com/2100-1029-5109435.htmlNobody but a fool goes into a federal counterrorism operation withoutduct tape - Richard Preston, THE COBRA EVENT.
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