SiriusXM told FORBES it complied with the order and did so by switching on the stolen vehicle recovery feature of its Connected Vehicle Services technology. The SiriusXM case got me thinking: what other providers were being asked to track cars and in what manner? The cops in that case had to stop the Mercedes' cellular function from working normally, and wasn't inconspicuous enough. In numerous carjacking cases, police have been able to turn off a car's engine to recover the vehicle. It shouldn't be much of a surprise that various forms of car tracking exist then, noted car security researcher and Uber staffer Charlie Miller.

Source: Forbes January 15, 2017 18:10 UTC