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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 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is getting out of hand.

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[–] 76 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

So that they can get pictures of license plates tied to addresses to sell to repo companies so that the tow truck can come get your Hellcat.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (12 children)

    Obviously the reader should confirm this for their own jurisdiction but there is no law against either removing or covering up your car's plate(s) as long as you're parked on your own private property. Just gotta remember to uncover them before you head out because that is illegal.

    Car covers are also an alternative if you're a renter assuming you aren't required to have a parking pass or plates visible for parking enforcement.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (8 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (5 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!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    there is no law against either removing or covering up your car’s plate(s) as long as you’re parked on your own private property.

    Not inherently true- most places ban having "unregistered" vehicles on residential areas, and if they can't see a plate when they're looking to cause problems, they're going to claim it's unregistered and make it your problem.

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