Hacking cars and digital license plates

[slo town]

Two interesting stories about the ability to hack cars. Notice there is no mention of GM, Tesla, or Stellantis. Are we to assume they are the only automakers to have gotten security right?

Scott

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42443613/digital-license-plates-tracked-study-shows/

https://samcurry.net/web-hackers-vs-the-auto-industry/

 

[Pelican]

Two interesting stories about the ability to hack cars. Notice there is no mention of GM, Tesla, or Stellantis. Are we to assume they are the only automakers to have gotten security right?

Scott

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42443613/digital-license-plates-tracked-study-shows/

https://samcurry.net/web-hackers-vs-the-auto-industry/

Nah, nobody wants them!!

 

[Ed_Flecko]

I think the price to license and register a vehicle, of any type, is outrageously expensive in California. It's just laughable compared to what most other states charge...but that's California.

It just boggles my mind that anyone would want to pay MORE than they already do for a digital license. - https://bloom.bg/3GF2fmJ

Pass. Just give me the bargain basic sheet metal version.

Ed

 

[slo town]

I think the price to license and register a vehicle, of any type, is outrageously expensive in California. It's just laughable compared to what most other states charge...but that's California.

It just boggles my mind that anyone would want to pay MORE than they already do for a digital license. - https://bloom.bg/3GF2fmJ

Pass. Just give me the bargain basic sheet metal version.

Ed

Yep, it's going to cost me $167 this year to re-register my 20 year old BMW 330Ci. And it needs emissions testing before the registration can be renewed (every two years).

But back to my original post, why would anyone want a digital license plate?

Scott

 

[BHopkins]

Yep, it's going to cost me $167 this year to re-register my 20 year old BMW 330Ci. And it needs emissions testing before the registration can be renewed (every two years).

But back to my original post, why would anyone want a digital license plate?

Scott

Vanity? To be the cool guy at the cars and coffee gathering?

It makes no sense to me. Digital license plates seem like a solution where there is no problem.

 

[fsdork]

Yep, it's going to cost me $167 this year to re-register my 20 year old BMW 330Ci. And it needs emissions testing before the registration can be renewed (every two years).

But back to my original post, why would anyone want a digital license plate?

Scott

It would save some people the headache of having their stolen plate used in the commission of crimes. Sometimes these plate swaps without consent go unnoticed by the victim.

Of course opening the door to this system creates a whole new set of issues around plate forgery, but if digital plates exist, I may as well get the upside as a user.

 

[PimTac]

Yep, it's going to cost me $167 this year to re-register my 20 year old BMW 330Ci. And it needs emissions testing before the registration can be renewed (every two years).

But back to my original post, why would anyone want a digital license plate?

Scott

If the plate size can be reduced that would save costs. In some ways the idea of a digital plate make sense. Law enforcement could scan the plate and get instant information. Registration tabs could be done away with.

The system has to be secure though. That’s the hitch.

 

[nthach]

If the plate size can be reduced that would save costs. In some ways the idea of a digital plate make sense. Law enforcement could scan the plate and get instant information. Registration tabs could be done away with.

The system has to be secure though. That’s the hitch.

with the advent of a road use tax to replace gas tax, all cars need some kind of transponder. And those are a bit harder to clone vs. registration tags.

 

[repairman54]

No ''bitcoin'' license plates for me.
LEO's can quickly check plates anyway, that's one of the purposes of that onboard data linked laptop in the cradle. I've been pulled over and ''released'' without a document check due to a typo on the LEO's part.