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by AckSyn 3738 days ago
It would scare you to know that OnStar can be remotely activated without the driver knowing, wouldn't it?
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Or any cell phone.
This has always seemed pretty marginal to me. You might be able to turn the microphone on, but when my battery dies an hour later I'll be suspicious.
Lithium ion batteries don't get old and lose capacity. That's just the NSA backing off the sleep interval.