{"id":58855,"date":"2022-10-13T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=8fddfff029e59d382edef77e7433b6a1"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:46:00","slug":"digital-license-plates-approved-for-all-vehicles-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=58855","title":{"rendered":"Digital license plates approved for all vehicles in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: This is the dumbest solution-looking-for-a-problem bullshit.\n\nIn exchange for ... not needing an envelope and stamp every year or so... you get an expensive fallible electronic device provided by a useless rent-seeking middle-man which has a bunch of unnecessary connected features to turn it into a privacy problem, a hacking problem, a counterfeiting\/veracity problem...<\/div>
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Reviver's e-ink license plate works with a smartphone app. (credit: Reviver)<\/p> <\/figure>

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Digital license plates that can display information other than a car's license plate number are now legal for all vehicles in California. At the end of September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 984 into law<\/a>, which makes the e-ink displays a legal alternative to the traditional metal plate. The move comes after a successful 2018 pilot program—one that Ars tested out at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The revised legislation sets out the conditions for using an e-ink plate (referred to in the bill as an \"alternative device\"). For example, a malfunctioning digital license plate would be a correctable violation—the law also requires \"a process for frequent notification\" if the digital plate breaks or needs replacing. And altering, forging, counterfeiting, or other hacking of the plates will be a felony.<\/p>\n

\"As a member of the California Legislative Technology and Innovation Caucus, I am thrilled to build upon the past successes of the Legislature that first implemented this program. AB 984 strikes a necessary balance between innovation and privacy while digitizing the only thing on our cars today that remains antiquated, license plates,\" said California Assemblymember Lori Wilson, who co-authored the bill.<\/p><\/div>

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Enlarge \/ Reviver’s e-ink license plate works with a smartphone app. (credit: Reviver) …<\/p>\n

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