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 …

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    4 months ago

    TLDR apply spots or “noise” to your plates. Put some duct tape or something on it to confuse the idiot that is modern AI.

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

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            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

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                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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                    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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        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