Transportation,
Government,
Corporate,
Administrative/Regulatory
Feb. 13, 2018
The future of privacy
Consider that the first space shuttle contained some 500,000 lines of software code. Today, the average 2018 automobile contains 100 million lines, all of which are working together to transmit information to the automakers who created them





Jonathan A. Michaels
Managing Partner
MLG Attorneys at Law
Phone: (949) 581-6900
Email: jmichaels@defectattorney.com
Whittier Coll SOL; CA
Jonathan specializes in representing clients in the automotive industry.
It all started with Cadillac really. In 1996, General Motors introduced the Cadillac OnStar system -- an onboard communication system that linked active drivers with a GM call center -- and with that the world of consumer privacy forever be changed. The OnStar system was a road paved with the best of intentions. Drivers could get hands-free, turn-by-turn directions or call for dinner reservations, and in the event the vehicle's airbags deployed, the call center would ...
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