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Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And here's the punchline:

... Rodriguez also notes that jailbreaking the plates could also allow drivers to use the plates' features without paying Reviver's $29.99 monthly subscription fee.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23203566

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

... Rodriguez also notes that jailbreaking the plates could also allow drivers to use the plates' features without paying Reviver's $29.99 monthly subscription fee.

This deserved to get hacked then.

That's brazenly exploitative to charge a subscription for what amounts to a digital picture frame of your license plate