Event Data Recording in the Raptor

[KaiserM715]

here a little readin material for ya

GM’s OnStar Profits From Selling Your Driving Info

not just "black box" info, they selling ur info on your normal driving, they recording it everytime you turn the key, even if you not subscribed to onstar they still monitor and record your info

[off topic]Sounds like I need to unplug the Onstar box on the G8...[/off topic]

 

[Wheela]

OnStar is different. Its "voluntary". You can legally unplug it. These are two different issues and technology.

I wouldnt say voluntary, even when your subscription ends they still collect the data, i doubt disconnectin the onstar is as easy as takin out a fuse or unplugging a wire

 

[KaiserM715]

i doubt disconnectin the onstar is as easy as takin out a fuse or unplugging a wire

Yes, it is. On my G8 it is a separate box in the trunk. Unplug and remove.

 

[Wheela]

interesting... you would think it would have a more integrated system, some1 wants to steal your car, pop the trunk disconnect and just drive away without fear of gps tracking...

 

[Netix]

Fkn ford and their shenanigans


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[Aaron]

My truck got stolen and since I wasn't subscribed Onstar didn't do shit to help me find it. Not that I expected them to.

 

[Ruger]

About 8 years ago my wife had an accident in our van, totaled the van but the air bags did not deploy. I asked GMC about it and they sent a tech out he downloaded the data showed me actual forces vs threshold value. It included speed, throttle position, breaking force etc.

It probably wont be long until the cops just plug in to the truck and print the tickets.

They already do. I completed the Civilian Police Academy curriculum with a nearby police department, and this came up in the traffic section of the course. The police can access the data if they want to use it to press criminal charges, and that data can be subpoenaed and used against you in a civil suit.

 

[BramageDained]

Sort of OT:

One of the guys from our Evo group was just denied warranty coverage on his engine.

It turned out that on the new Evo X's there's an RPM datalog in the computer for the control of the center diff(not the ECU that runs the car). Mitsubishi found one overrev event and used that to deny his claim. He is a salesman at said dealership, and only knew this because one of the tech told him.

 

[Grunzen]

The question I have is how long does the computer maintain the information it would use for an "event". It has to record and save information(how long and much) at all times and then include it with the event. What is the overwrite parameters for all the non event information. Does it, after each startup it erase previous info or does it just maintain the info until the "disk" is full so to speak and then start overwriting the oldest info. In that case what's the data capacity?

 

[Mike Hammer]

This world is getting like one party phone line, from computers to cell phones and now this. No information is private anymore.

What else does "big brother" want us to register? I am really surprised they did not force us to sign a waiver that said this was in the truck and its an invasion of your privacy and you don't care.