Yet another case of just because you can…

21 points

Imagine a digital plate being a vulnerability. I’m shocked.

You can also 3D print a regular plate, but at least that doesn’t change on demand.

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What is the point of a digital license plate anyways?

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So a cop can remotely disable your plate, then finr you for not having a plate.

Easy revenue!

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22 points

If it can malfunction, it can be replaced.

Replacement costs money.

The spice must flow.

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5 points

It’s a subscription at 29.99 a month so…

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11 points

It’s right there in the article:

Reviver’s $29.99 monthly subscription fee.

What, you thought this was supposed to help the customer?

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A subscription fee for a fucking license plate? We already have that, it’s called registration.

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52 points

That’s the only reason I can think you’d want a digital license plate, to change it on demand.

Its just e-waste.

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46 points

Digital license plate

I understand the words, but the phrase makes no fucking sense whatsoever.

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28 points

Reviver’s $29.99 monthly subscription fee.

Someone, somewhere is making money on these and probably providing kickbacks campaign contributions to get laws passed to allow this sort of stupid.

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Seriously. I see exactly one use case, and that’s for criminals of one sort or another to mask their identity during the commission of a crime. It’s not like law abiding citizens are able to use them to protect their privacy in any way.

It’s not like digital IDs, where it’s one less thing to carry and potentially more secure. Your plate or this plate are fixed to your car the same way, both are (legally) static, and the only thing that changes is the ease of faking your plate.

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