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OnStar has been doing this since the 1990s and can shut down your motor too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnStar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnStar

• uconnectlol 3y ago
  i don't know why this was downvoted, onstar is one of the original cancers
  • readthenotes1 3y ago
    They originally offered concierge service and needed to know your location in order to do so. I visited the call center once and they had people calling in to ask where the nearest gas station was, where the cracker barrel was, etc. This was well before Google maps and turn by turn directions... So it was sort of a cancer, but it was more of a symbiotic relationship
    • Clubber 3y ago
      >So it was sort of a cancer, but it was more of a symbiotic relationship That was the paid service. If you didn't pay, you were still tracked and your motor could still be shut down. So if you paid, you got tracking++. If you didn't pay, you just got tracking.