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 ...

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 …

  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Well, we’re all reasonably intelligent people. Let’s collectively brainstorm!

    It looks like masking with a random pattern made to look like dirt or debris is an option.

    To negate night reads, how about 2-4 layers of optical polarizing film, each transverse to the previous plane of polarization? Alternately, a coating with a visible light transparent, IR opaque pigment.

    • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
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      11 days ago

      IR strobes on opposite sides of your plate works while being legal in many areas since the plate stays unmodified.

    • Glitchvid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Could even literally make it mud, if you have access to a laser cutter (hacker space, etc) you could use that and make a stencil instead, then mix up some mud in a bucket (a little clay content goes a long way) and smear that over the stencil and tada – legitimately just some mud on my plate officer.