EU plan to stop cars remotely

[Aloha_Shooter]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/02/03/secret-plan-to-put-remote-kill-switch-in-every-european-car-revealed/?intcmp=trending

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10605328/EU-has-secret-plan-for-police-to-remote-stop-cars.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10605328/EU-has-secret-plan-for-police-to-remote-stop-cars.html)

Yet another reason to rehab my '99 rather than buy a new car ...


Documents obtained and leaked by civil rights group Statewatch outline a program being developed by the European Network of Law Enforcement Technologies that would “work on a technological solution that can be a ‘build in a standard’” for all automobiles.


it would give law enforcement officers working from a computer terminal the ability to press a button to kill the engine on any car equipped with the technology within the European Union

[blacklabel]

That'll take me out of the new car market.

[rbeau30]

If it is electronic, it can be hacked. Then any yahoo walking down the street can kill the engine of your car for the heck of it or for more nefarious reasons.

[MED]

Spend some time reading up on OBDIII.

[mcjhr]

One more thing to break in a car. Doesn't onstar have this service already?

[rbeau30]

Spend some time reading up on OBDIII.

That S#!7 just pisses me off. Plus, Kalifornia will be the one to make it mandatory for any car sold within the state, so ALL of use have to suffer, because the car MFGRs will have to comply.


Wad up the 4th Amendment, and throw into trashcan. What part of "Shall not be violated", or "Shall not be infringed", or "shall make no law" is a grey area?

[Aloha_Shooter]

One more thing to break in a car. Doesn't onstar have this service already?

Yes but they claim to only use it with the car owner's permission.

[MED]

That S#!7 just pisses me off. Plus, Kalifornia will be the one to make it mandatory for any car sold within the state, so ALL of use have to suffer, because the car MFGRs will have to comply.


Wad up the 4th Amendment, and throw into trashcan. What part of "Shall not be violated", or "Shall not be infringed", or "shall make no law" is a grey area?

Since the car phones home, the legal discussion is going on right now. Sucks!

Although, with all the BS CAFE requirements, cars will soon be as much as a house payment so we won't be able to drive anyway...not to mention the cost of energy.

[BPTactical]

Sure am glad I picked up that old Jeep from Mazin......

[Rabid]

Spend some time reading up on OBDIII.
That is what i was going to say. OBDIII is some truly scary technology if you value your privacy.

[hatidua]

Seems like one of the computer genius kids could disable this somehow...

[HoneyBadger]

Wait, isn't this exactly what happens in the movie Idiocracy?

[jerrymrc]

Seems like one of the computer genius kids could disable this somehow...

Just like with onstar all you have to do is disable the antenna. No antenna, no commands.

[HoneyBadger]

Just like with onstar all you have to do is disable the antenna. No antenna, no commands.
Honestly, onstar is one of the major reasons I refused to buy a newer Chevy. Between this and the government buyout, I mean bailout, they lost my loyalty.