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To: Reeses
Yes, OnStar is bad for a host of reasons.

Cell phones at least are not nearly as accurate as GPS at locating you. General vicinity is about the best they currently do.
17 posted on 10/04/2004 2:16:42 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: DB

Cell phone manufacturers soon have to put locating features into phones under the guise of 911 service, via triangulation and other methods. GPS doesn't work in buildings or in big cities so it has limitations. It's possible to measure the phase angles of a cell phone signal to determine its location within a fraction of an inch. Governments, both foreign and domestic, couldn't have asked for a better personal tracking device.


20 posted on 10/04/2004 2:41:45 AM PDT by Reeses
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