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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 points 8 months ago

Car manufacturers are. They probably get a bulk discount on relatively cheap data plans. It was enough for GM to keep OnStar running until Verizon got rid of supporting all 2G and 3G service in the USA.

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Do we know how long they are paying for that connection?

I can't imagine that's cheap. Is a 2016 car internet connected without my notice? How do you confirm?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 8 months ago

No, but the Wikipedia article seems to indicate that OnStar has the ability to store GPS and phone contact information even if you aren't subscribed.

Also, I can't imagine that buying several millions of data connections would be that expensive, especially if all that those connections are doing are sending out a ping of reports once a month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnStar

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