On-Star: Knows where you've been.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Do you have curtains on your home windows?
When you go to the bathroom do you close the door?

Yes to the first one, but no on the second (we actually took the door off the water closet in the master bedroom, but that was strictly for logistics). But we don't have kids, so my answer to the second one might be different if we did.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

As an individual your right to privacy is your ability to shut out society. The government and Ford Motor company should not be able to database your every move.

Absolutely! And one has a choice as to whether they want On Star or not. I like choice. Just about every choice has pluses and minuses. And the weight of each factor is up to the individual to decide.

It is GM, not Ford, that has On-Star.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

For example, what would stop On-Star from letting K-Mart know that Mr. Baby just started visting the little-tykes day care center every morning?

Originally Posted by Betty

How about the marketing company that tracks your moves online that now matches the data with on-star - that matches that data with what you bought at the grocery store...

Doesn't it bother you that data mining companies know more about you then they need to?

I always thought big brother would be the government. Now it's going to be them and the data mining companies that sell all that info they collect about me.

There are (IMO) two different arguments going on against the OP issue: How one feels about the government having access to your data and how one feels about businesses having access to your data.

Personally, I, for the most part, don't have an issue with businesses having marketing data on me. I would rather receive targeted advertising than blanketed advertising. I want KMart to know that I now have a baby in the house so that I know what they sell that might be of interest to me.

Besides, data mining is already rampant in our world. If you buy a house, you are flooded with advertising that would be of interest to a new homeowner. If you have a baby (regardless of On Star), you will be flooded with baby advertising.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

How would you feel about this officer being able to track Maddy's every move? After all if she's done nothing wrong then you don't have any worries right?

We cannot let the proverbial bad apple spoil the bushel. The exceptions should not dictate the rules for all. Otherwise, we would have to strip any and all technology from our lives.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I would hardly call On-Stars privacy statment consumer friendly.

Actually, I think their privacy statement is very consumer friendly. It states right up front what you can expect. That way, one can make an informed decision. For you, On Star is a no-go. For me, if it was a vehicle that I wanted, I would want On Star (at least based on the conversation at hand).