haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoVW wouldn't help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expiredarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkVW wouldn't help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expiredarstechnica.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squaresub_ubi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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-up0arrow-down1·1 year 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.