Chevrolet to offer unlimited data plan with cars
I recently picked up a Volt which includes this OnStar 4G setup and have to say I&#x27;m extremely concerned at how quickly this &quot;my car is on the internet&quot; feature set is spreading.<p>Everything is managed by OnStar through their device that&#x27;s factory installed into every new Chevy vehicle. They have had security breaches and had to fix white-hat reported vulnerabilities in the past[1]. This system isn&#x27;t just &quot;4G wifi as a hotspot&quot;, it has almost full access to every system in the car.<p>Chevy offers this mobile app called MyLink which lets you remote-start, lock, unlock your car using this same connection.<p>History shows that car manufacturers have not given <i>near</i> enough thought to the security of access to a vehicle. I&#x27;m afraid that it&#x27;s only a matter of time before we have a bot net either using cars, a bot-net that attacks and takes over cars, or both, with the potential of lots of damage and loss of life.<p>As such I immediately told OnStar to disable service to my car and will be finding and disconnecting the OnStar box (as it still phones home periodically) as I just have no reason to trust such a thing at this time.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;gm-took-5-years-fix-full-takeover-hack-millions-onstar-cars&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;gm-took-5-years-fix-full-takeo...</a>