where are you –
Reports that police use a “Sirius radio” to find someone are usually half right.
Kate Cox – **************************
The mysterious “ping” grabbed the reader’s attention, as well as several Ars staffers: what, exactly, did law enforcement do? How did it work? And what are the implications for everyone driving around with a SiriusXM satellite radio in their car?
That said, however, Sirius isn’t just a radio company — it offers a variety of “connected car solutions” . ” Among those solutions isSiriusXM Guardian, which is available on the Fiat ChryslerUconnectinfotainment system. Cars that have telematics equipment installed by the manufacturer — in this case, Fiat Chrysler — can send data over mobile networks using Sirius’ connected services. Those cars, Sirius said, are a small subset of the total number of vehicles that have satellite radios installed.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which apprehended the suspect in its jurisdiction, said the man was driving a Jeep Wrangler . Uconnect has indeed been available in Jeep vehicles for several model years. The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (where the suspect fled from) confirmed to Ars both that the suspect was one of the registered owners of the car and also that there was a Uconnect subscription registered to the vehicle.
The Uconnect
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