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The article states GM has 11M, 4G enabled vehicles, does this imply it's actively tracking these vehicles? Doesn't this also imply you don't have to be paying for any type of service/connectivity on your end and GM can be paying for the connectivity on theirs and be extracting data unbeknownst to the driver?

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> Doesn't this also imply you don't have to be paying for any type of service/connectivity on your end and GM can be paying for the connectivity on theirs and be extracting data unbeknownst to the driver?

You can always press the OnStar bouton and it will works, whether you are subscribed or not. That means that it's always connected. What data is does send though, that's a big mystery for sure, but at the bare minimum they know which 4G antenna you are connected to.

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