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Your Garbage Truck Is About to Start Spying on You. Your Car Already Did, and Got Fined for It. (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by NM_Gringo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 13 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Anyone wanna build smart licence plate covers? Like it either rolls up or flips up to hide the plate.

Maybe actually have it just flip down your plate when parked to obscure it. I would say power tinting to obscure it but technically its illegal to cover it most places.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago

"Smart" in this context wasn't as much of a thing back then, but The Transporter had a similar option.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I would ensure it’s impossible to activate it from inside the car. Otherwise, eventually someone might worry about you cheating toll booths.

(…actually sounds like in Texas they’re just banned outright?)

Or being a baddy burglar!

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

You could just use strong magnets and take your license plates with you like the olden days.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting but I just meant flipping down not completely making it look like no plate. I would say tie it to the ignition/power button so when off it flips down or up depending on what is less obvious. Like some cars have a bump above the plate that would be less obvious going up meanwhile trucks have ledges or tow hitch that would make it less obvious flipping down.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 17 hours ago

It's better a manual one, if a police officer stop you and they make you turn off the engine, you are now in trouble