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The law-enforcement thing is inconvenient for some I'm sure, but surely that's a local recovery. The article goes on to suggest the messages are being mined and sold to advertisers.

Any insight into how they're uploading these messages? Kinda messed up if they're exfiltrating your stuff over a potentially-metered connection. That's not something you necessarily consent to...

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Most new cars have cell-phone modems built in, providing telemetry back to automakers, since the mid 2010s. That is the dual purpose of the OnStar system, and the connections are paid for by the automakers. Because they buy them in such bulk, and have relatively low transmit rates, they get great deals on it.

Yep, Verizon offers machine plans as low as a couple bucks a month. We use them for ambulance data connections.

Inconvenient? As the owner of the car it is my personal property and therefore my 4th amendment rights must apply. The state & federal courts have been corrupted by Federalist appointees.

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