Does OnStar eavesdrop
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '14
I don't think I'm that important for anyone to care to listen. I know on our C6 if you pull that fuse and you have Bluetooth they both would stop functioning. No easy way to terminate the OnStar service entirely on a C6 with Bluetooth (unless you don't care about that feature). I can't say on our C7 what ill effects you'd have from disabling OnStar.
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St. Jude Donor '09, '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
do you know how many vehicles have OnStar, even if they did, the chances of them picking you randomly is probably equal to that of winning the lotto.
Heel & Toe
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Safety Car
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Your dealer will activate it, not the factory. Yes, you can ask them not to, but they may ignore you and "forget" you asked. I understand they get a kickback for every activation.
Melting Slicks
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Before I convinced OnStar that I wasn't going to buy their service I was annoyed repeatedly with phone calls from them. I wanted to disconnect the OnStar module. I found fuse 27 on the rear fuse panel is for OnStar and wondered if pulling that would kill OnStar and not affect other parts of the car. I never did but those who want to try it and report back, that would be helpful for those who want to disable OnStar.
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Drifting
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They already can track just about anything else they want. The info they collect is good profit for them. Some other manufacturers have a similar system but GM's seems to be most big brother like. Wait until spammers get a hold of your number. I finally DEACTIVATED mine which means it is pretty much dead. They'll warn you that you must call them to hook it back up, even the onstar button won't work. That is all I wanted in the first place.
BTW - Never spoke to them, wrote to them or responded to them yet that dam green light is on. Don't like it at all. They keep annoying me with marketing messages. I consider this the most hated feature on my Vette (actually, the only hated feature).
Last edited by tsts; Jul 28, 2015 at 04:11 PM.
Safety Car
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If you want to be sure Onstar can't track your car, you probably need to disconnect the antenna.
Safety Car
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It might be possible, but there's no proof of it yet.
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Instructor
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Onstar
otherwise functions well.
Safety Car
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Umm, pray tell, what do the actions of a private corporation (OnStar) have to do with the government abusing its powers?
Safety Car
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You folks are making this way too complicated. If you are concerned about Onstar or anyone else listening in all you have to do is to block the microphone that is located in the left windshield pillar. A piece of tape over the microphone will do the job nicely. No wires are cut and the GPS system
otherwise functions well.
otherwise functions well.
Team Owner
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One, I'm not sure a piece of tape will block the sound as well as you think. Two, if it does, you're also blocking your ability to make and received BT phone calls. Three, the OnStar antenna and GPS antenna are two different things, so you can disable OnStar that way without affecting Nav. It's just little (or maybe a lot) more work.
Burning Brakes
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You guys are just too paranoid!
Nobody gives a damn what you are doing in your car.