A - The USA is 50 countries in a trench coat

2 - Correct

Tribal nations also have their own plates in some cases. Mine does.

A, but then 2? You monster! :)

Each state has different levels of customization with different background images. I like plate customization, its a form of self expression.

As bbbbbbbbbbb said, every state not only has their own plates, but multiple plate designs. Some states, the variations will be completely different colors and number length. Absolutely no consistency.

Also their own licenses and licensing procedures.

Crazy that people are pushing for more federal control under an administration that exists to show us why federal control is a bad idea

Absolutely this, and why they’re fine with executing innocent people on death row, cops killing people who were running away or complying and not a threat, or some DA imprisoning someone for decades on crappy evidence only to be found innocent after half their life is gone.

Also a tool to give plausible deniability when shit hits the fan.

In a month each person who drives regularly will be read hundreds of times in cities. Rural areas will be fewer times, but it is likely that on average a car is read at least a dozen or more times in a month across the US and wherever else they might be.

It makes me wonder if politicians, celebrities, etc. have their plate numbers already entered into Flock as a whitelist of people not to pull over.

The story makes it pretty clear that the cops are, as usual, not doing any independent thinking. The system says to pull that car over, so they do what the system wants. They don't double-check to see if what the system is telling them to do is reasonable. If someone fat-fingers some data entry and the plate for the governor of California gets added to the system, the cops might charge up and box him in and jump out with their guns drawn. That might result in someone with actual power getting mad about Flock. So, maybe they prevent that by pre-loading the system with a whitelist of plates that are assumed to be in the clear.

Doesn't matter, they don't rely on just the plates. They match on make/model, color, condition (specific dents, scratches, damage, repairs, etc), bumper stickers, face matching on the driver and/or passengers, sound, bluetooth and/or radio IDs, and more.

You can make things that fool it, Benn Jordan demonstrates doing this with something that is hard to even notice as a human. But all that's going to do is draw extra attention to you. In a surveillance state anyone trying to maintain privacy is clearly guilty after all.

Lol no, cops are definitely part of the problem. This reaction over fake plates is not sane

time for some target practice. sorry if they get in my bullets way while it's headed towards the practice target.

Nah, cops are the problem, too.

Guilty until proven that innocent unless you're a politician or CEO or celebrity or whatever ...

Who? At this point, aside from Wacko fanatics who suck orange cock, who has so much faith in their government?