I’m glad little Bobby is doing well for himself
Okay, why are these even a thing?
I’ve never heard of them so I googled it and these fucking things are $500 per plate to start from some private company and are listed as a “theft deterrent.” Apparently they don’t realize that it takes 20 seconds and a screwdriver to defeat these.
What a stupid idea and I’m pissed that yet another private company gets to take over a government function and charge high fees (after just returning from a trip where a bunch of vultures were circling the security lines trying to get people to sign up for Clear+, another private company, at $199/yr in order to bypass the long TSA checkpoint).
ETA to running Doom on it?
Digital license plates are a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist -
But it is a money maker for the manufacturer at a subscription price of $29.99 / month
Dear Santa…
Why would people buy into digital license plates? The article said they have GSP tracking. Do we really want to be tracked even more? I guess this will just be forced on us. We need to resist it!
I think the GPS tracking is for if your plates are stolen, which is a real problem
But frankly, the benefits just don’t outweigh the cost, now if I could have it display custom messages whenever I want…
Good luck buying a car that isn’t equipped with GPS tracking.
Isn’t it usually as simple as a fuse to disable it?
It’s usually built into the infotainment system
Unrelated question - anyone know one of Elon Musks’ license plates?
Make: Gulfstream
Model: 2015 GVI (G650ER)
Tail Number: N628NS
Imagine if this plate display could be driven by a low-end smartphone app running software that keeps GPS track of the vehicle;
- When the vehicle is parked at home; it displays a decoy/vanity/decorative plate.
- When the vehicle is on the road; at reasonable speeds it displays the “Default” Legal plate number…unless you signal it not to.
- When the vehicle is speeding or near a known ALPR camera; it shifts the plate number to a randomly numbered decoy plate number.
- When the vehicle is parked somewhere else; it chooses a random plate number and shifts that number every 1-2 hours at random odd intervals.
- When you toggle a certain setting on your personal device; it just sticks to a random plate number or current plate for an hour or two. (So you can get out of sight before it shifts again, in case you’re being watched.)
… Rodriguez also notes that jailbreaking the plates could also allow drivers to use the plates’ features without paying Reviver’s $29.99 monthly subscription fee.
This deserved to get hacked then.
That’s brazenly exploitative to charge a subscription for what amounts to a digital picture frame of your license plate
It’s insane to me that any government would approve “digital licence plates”. Clowns making decisions “because we can”, not “because we should”. Result: a circus.
When they first started this idea in California I made a 6-pack of beer bet with fellow IT programmers on how long it would take to hack these lol.
I lost because it happened later than I expected and now the winner gets 4 x 6-packs of micro beers of their choosing.
Buy em before tariffs get put on New Zealand hops…
This is the boring Jurassic Park I expected
Very surprised these are legal in any state
