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First they wanted to unlock my house. Now they want to unlock my car. Why does this feel creepy?
by LinuxBender 9y ago
First they wanted to unlock my house. Now they want to unlock my car. Why does this feel creepy?
- dazc 9y agoMaybe they could start building apartments next to distribution hubs?
- matthewaveryusa 9y agoYou should have been /be creeped out by on-star if anything. Every on-star vehicle can be tracked within the triangulation limits of cell towers (aka. within half a mile if not better.)
- Harvey-Specter 9y agoAre you also creeped out by your cellphone?
- nicky0 9y agoA bit.
- Jemmeh 9y agoYes, but the pros outweigh the cons.
- LinuxBender 9y agoI've never owned a smart phone and I turn off my throw away phone when not using it.
- teeray 9y agoIn some cars, you can yank the OnStar module without ill effects. If you're not a subscriber, it may be something to look into. I did this on my father's 2008 GMC Sierra and we replaced it with a BlueStar[1] bluetooth adapter. It works flawlessly and mimics OnStar functionality down to muting the radio and stopping A/C fans for voice control. It's far nicer than most aftermarket Bluetooth mods. [1] http://www.costartech.com/pb/products/bluestar.html http://www.costartech.com/pb/products/bluestar.html
- birdman3131 9y agohttps://www.google.com/maps/timeline https://www.google.com/maps/timeline If you run android this is the same thing. It can be turned off but most people will probably have it on.
- wpdev_63 9y agoThis is incredibly creepy and pretty useful at the same time...
- matte_black 9y agoSo which one is it: it’s creepy and you don’t want it in your life, or it’s creepy but not enough to avoid it?
- pythonaut_16 9y agoI've found it to be interesting and useful, especially after having an Android phone for multiple years. I can easily go back and see where I went on a particular day, which is particularly useful when rediscovering travel spots
- gwbas1c 9y agoTo me, no. I don't keep anything personal, or of value, in my car. There's no risk of the delivery man seeing me walking around in the buff or seeing me in an intimate moment.
- notatoad 9y agoThis seems like a solution to all the people who thought unlocking their house was too creepy. They don't want to unlock your house and your car. This is an alternative.
- rdl 9y agoOpening my car concerns me less for privacy and in basically every way than opening my home. I'd make sure any firearms were in truckvaults, but while it's possible the Amazon guy would steal the trauma bag out of the trunk, it seems relatively unlikely. It would have to be a car with a trunk, vs. a SUV, if left parked in a place like San Francisco, though, due to risk of theft by third parties.
- Johnny555 9y agoThey don't really want to unlock your house and your car, just one of them. Assuming that you don't have some secure alternative for receiving packages. I don't think they expect (or want) every customer to use one of these options. I wouldn't use either service since my porch is relatively secure and packages can be left out of sight -- I have a porch-cam, but have never lost a package to theft. I don't think I'd be comfortable giving Amazon the ability to unlock my house, but maybe my car. For that matter, I wouldn't want any kind of cloud-connected lock that gives any remote unlock capability. I do have an electronic keypad lock, but I like knowing that it can only be unlocked locally.