haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agoVW wouldn't help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expiredarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkVW wouldn't help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expiredarstechnica.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresub_ubi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down3·9 months agoI see. A cop can call up VW and get your car’s location whenever they want, even if you’ve cancelled any sort of tracking service.
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·9 months agoIf the owner of the car is consenting to have it tracked, I don’t see the problem here. Why do you make it sound like the police overreached?
minus-squaresub_ubi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoMy comment isn’t specific to this incident.
I see. A cop can call up VW and get your car’s location whenever they want, even if you’ve cancelled any sort of tracking service.
If the owner of the car is consenting to have it tracked, I don’t see the problem here. Why do you make it sound like the police overreached?
My comment isn’t specific to this incident.