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OnStar Lets You Track Your Spouse for $0.12 a Day

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  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    They have chips you can implant in your pets to track them if they get lost, I don't see why you couldn't put one in your spouse or kids. :buck:
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    They have chips you can implant in your pets to track them if they get lost, I don't see why you couldn't put one in your spouse or kids. :buck:
    Lol! How about trust? :)
  • Lady_AlisonLady_Alison Veteran
    Lol...this is hilarious!

    How about : honey, we have to talk or else I'm going to cyber stalk you, hide behind the bushes outside your job and low Jack your car..

    How about : I love you but I don't trust you and I'm ready to go 007 on you. Can I please have a divorce.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    edited March 2012
    :p Somehow this doesn't feel like a joking matter. It's also a good reason not to get OnStar. Aside from not having microwaves beaming down on your car, the other reason.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    how about child trafficking, kidnap and rape?
    how about skipping school and causing trouble?
    how about dementia and alzheimers patients wandering off?
    that's a few 'how about' s i'd freely consider...
  • Lady_AlisonLady_Alison Veteran
    Yes but the title was funny. That's all.
  • AMHAMH
    for alzhiemers and dementia they have chips like they do for pets. It is not a tracking thing but if they are found and disoriented then the police can get information. So in that case it would be reasonable however it appears to be going okay with the chips and locked care facilities.
  • LesCLesC Bermuda Veteran
    edited March 2012
    Well... if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about!!! :lol:

  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    Let's keep this in mind: Onstar is not the problem. The problem is the lack of trust (which may be valid, or not) in a relationship.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited March 2012
    Trust is like a priceless porcelain dish...one chip and no matter how well you repair it, it's damaged, the value's gone, and it's never as good as it was originally, no matter how well you repair the crack.
    if you get to the point where you're considering a tracker - it's already too late.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    edited March 2012
    Dementia and alzheimer's patients don't usually drive. Few highschool kids have cars. OnStar is helpful for emergencies, getting caught in a snowstorm, the off chance of being a victim of crime if you're somehow able to contact police or OnStar while you're being victimized. I think the advertising is a lot of hype. Selling danger to people, so they'll buy the product. Now they're inventing another "need": tracking your (supposed) loved ones. If you're so suspicious of them, where's the space for love? The "problem" is the OnStar company trying to stir up lack of trust in order to sell product.
  • Telly03Telly03 Veteran
    I would get this for theft recovery and kid tracking... my wife had a car stolen and it was found a few days later so stripped that it was totalled.

    My wife and I can track each other's phone, as well as the kids, so this is nothing new... there is zero trust issues in our relationship, so it becomes a comfort thing for us. I have never been anywhere that I would not want my wife to know about, and she also likes that I can check up on her.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Thanks for an alternative view, @Telly03. There's always an alternative view. :)
    I still find that particular advert campaign inappropriate. Is it real, or did someone make it up?
  • Telly03Telly03 Veteran
    Thanks for an alternative view, @Telly03. There's always an alternative view. :)
    I still find that particular advert campaign inappropriate. Is it real, or did someone make it up?

    I doubt OnStar advertised the technology as a "spouse tracker" , that is just how the "wired" article presented it.
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