Digital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their owners to evade traffic regulations or even law enforcement surveillance.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/23027398

Yet another case of just because you can…

@stoy@lemmy.zip
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I know that, but what why would the government want it?

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Probably has a GPS tracker in it

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Service plans also enable location services and geofencing for wired RPlate users

So some of the plates do have that function built in and you have to pay monthly to use it.

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