It's insane to me that any government would approve "digital licence plates". Clowns making decisions "because we can", not "because we should". Result: a circus.

Why would people buy into digital license plates? The article said they have GSP tracking. Do we really want to be tracked even more? I guess this will just be forced on us. We need to resist it!

Unrelated question - anyone know one of Elon Musks' license plates?

Okay, why are these even a thing?

Very surprised these are legal in any state

Imagine if this plate display could be driven by a low-end smartphone app running software that keeps GPS track of the vehicle;

• When the vehicle is parked at home; it displays a decoy/vanity/decorative plate.
• When the vehicle is on the road; at reasonable speeds it displays the "Default" Legal plate number...unless you signal it not to.
• When the vehicle is speeding or near a known ALPR camera; it shifts the plate number to a randomly numbered decoy plate number.
• When the vehicle is parked somewhere else; it chooses a random plate number and shifts that number every 1-2 hours at random odd intervals.
• When you toggle a certain setting on your personal device; it just sticks to a random plate number or current plate for an hour or two. (So you can get out of sight before it shifts again, in case you're being watched.)

Digital license plates are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist -

But it is a money maker for the manufacturer at a subscription price of $29.99 / month

Dear Santa...

ETA to running Doom on it?

... Rodriguez also notes that jailbreaking the plates could also allow drivers to use the plates' features without paying Reviver's $29.99 monthly subscription fee.

This deserved to get hacked then.

That's brazenly exploitative to charge a subscription for what amounts to a digital picture frame of your license plate