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Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water
From: "Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:22 -0500
Florian's message, I believe, was rich with irony... -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Robert Graham Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:52 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org; Florian Weimer Subject: Re: [funsec] Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Florian Weimer <fweimer () bfk de> wrote:
He should have negotiated a reinstantiation fee and a new 12 month support contract.
Um, no. That's like letting fire insurance lapse, and then calling up the insurance company asking to reinstate it as you are standing outside in your pajamas watching your house burn down. Like insurance, OnStar uses the money from people who DON'T need the service to pay to support those who DO need it. Any way you crunch the numbers, the "reinstantiation" fee must be prohibitively high, or everyone would let their service lapse until they needed it. Much cheaper to simply throw a rock into a window. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water, (continued)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Dan Kaminsky (Nov 18)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Joel Esler (Nov 20)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Blanchard_Michael (Nov 25)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Dan Kaminsky (Nov 18)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Paul Ferguson (Nov 18)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Alex Eckelberry (Nov 19)
- Re: It's not safe to go back in the water again ... Robert Portvliet (Nov 20)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Robert Graham (Nov 20)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Alex Eckelberry (Nov 20)
- Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water Robert Graham (Nov 20)