White on black CA license plates

[crustycurmudgeon]

KBMWRS asked me last Saturday about white on black CA license plates that he had seen on the road. I didn't know anything about them and we assumed that they were custom made and therefore illegal. Well, I saw one today and it prompted me to look into it. There is no such thing available from the CA DMV, but there are some other options I found, most illegal but one perfectly legal.
Illegal option: https://www.amazon.com/California-License-Number-Embossed-Custom/dp/B07D36BDNR?th=1
legal option: https://reviver.com/rplate/

 

[blu67]

Love the digital plates. Pricey but pretty cool.

 

[JeffTepper]

Can you say "Big Brother is watching you"?

From the company's web site Terms of Service:

"e. Telematics Services, which may include Services such as real-time Vehicle location, logging trips on Vehicles, recording of start and end times for trips."

No Thanks.

And no, I am NOT wearing a tin foil hat.

 

[KBMWRS]

And the old man in me says.....all I need are two bolts and nuts to attach my plates to the car.
But it does look cool. But with technology comes other risks. The ability to check your location/speed at any time. This of course can also be done by using the tracking device we all carry anyway though. And if it is computer based/digital it is HACKABLE.
But it is the future........

 

[KBMWRS]

Jeff you do realize all that is already done with that device you carry in your pocket already. The car you drive has a recording device that you as its owner do not have the ability to remove. Big Brother is already here....we all just accept it for convenience sake.

 

[JD08]

We sold our privacy for Candy Crush and GPS navigation.

 

[subpar63]

I have white on black plates - Alabama not Cali though. Granted, they were manufactured 56 years ago but they are totally legal and cannot be tracked in real-time by the gubermint.

John