‘Cartapping’ Decreases Privacy for Connected Vehicles

"Cartapping has been happening for years — in a 2014 warrant, New York police officials were able to pull SiriusXM Satellite location information. The police asked SiriusXM to install a tracker in the vehicle’s car, which was up for an alleged illegal gambling enterprise, for a period of 10 days. But how exactly could they tap into the vehicle? Well, it was quite easy. SiriusXM reported that they turned on the stolen vehicle recovery feature, which was a subset of its Connected Vehicle Services."

IANAL but using a 'stolen vehicle recovery feature' for a warrant doesn't sound like something that should be legal.

Been going on for years. Ever since OnStar and friends showed up to the party. Now car hacking is easier than ever, and all cars have remote gps. One will wonder if video feeds from forward and rear cameras, and audio feeds from the mic are already able to stream over canbus (they can, but seldom do). Its a weird situation, only made weirder by the looming prospect of a central control agency for tracking and controlling autonomous cars. Odd times ahead, and privacy has precious few vessels to carry us forward.