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[–] 11 pts

not GPS, it's the ONSTAR system

https://www.gadgetreview.com/gm-adds-remote-kill-switch-to-onstar-vehicles

intended as anti theft, but future use includes Wrong Think

[–] 3 pts

Great ammo for the next time I have to hear the Found On Road Dead line from some Chevy loving hick.

[–] 1 pt

OnStar launched Ignition block, a remote kill switch that can disable the vehicle’s ignition by working in concert with the system’s built-in GPS

[–] 1 pt

The GPS is just to give the car's location/speed/direction to police, the shutdown system runs off the mobile network.

A system could in theory pull the location by triangulating the cell tower handoffs, the GPS is just more acurate