If you live in the United States, it’s very likely that a private startup has been logging and sharing your vehicle’s location without your consent. In this …

  • @[email protected]
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    1023 days ago

    In many states, you’re technically not able to alter the license plate or put stickers on it. But cameras don’t know how big things are supposed to be. So put a frame around your license plate with all sorts of crazy.

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      423 days ago

      In some states an obscured/unreadable license plate is all a cop needs to pull you over…

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        522 days ago

        There are covers that mess up photography but still work for viewing normally with your eyes.

        • Pup Biru
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          422 days ago

          and they’re probably highly illegal pretty much everywhere because they stop speed and red light cameras working and that’s exactly their marketed purposes

            • Pup Biru
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              122 days ago

              for the tricks that mess up AI, yes

              but i believe this comment was talking about things like IR blocking covers and such

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                122 days ago

                Surely stoplight cameras take visible light pictures and only use IR for automated plate reading.

                • Pup Biru
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                  122 days ago

                  there are lots of different covers for license plates which block photography only, and allow humans to see the plate. i’m not sure how all of them work

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      222 days ago

      A little dirt mixed into a clear paint. To a cop, it just looks like a dirty licence plate. To AI powered cameras it looks like T̶̗̈ℲM-ԀC̴̦͝)0