Here’s technology that should have been released a long time ago — OnStar has recently announced that they will be releasing a new feature for vehicles equipped with their service entitled Remote Ignition Block.
You can probably guess what this feature entails but for those of you who can’t: if your OnStar equipped vehicle gets stolen you can call them up and they will use GPS to remotely block the car from starting. You’re going to need confirmation from the authorities so for those of you thinking about your next April Fool’s joke, think again.
OnStar says that the service will be availabe on 2 million cars. Sounds like a good feature but what about when the government uses the built in GPS to track you? Hey, it could happen.
Press release after the break.
Tags: OnStar, remote ignition block, security