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Now that's funny: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/14/geeks-idea-to-get-null-l.html #SQL
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Slightly more detail at Mashable: https://mashable.com/article/dmv-vanity-license-plate-def-con-backfire/
«"Basically," observed Droogie, "this is bullcherry”
After contacting the DMV and the LAPD, and painstakingly explaining his situation, they both told him the same thing: change your plates.
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@mjd I hope #NULL plate guy does follow through and can have an effect. This ` !hack the #law that rules everyone's lives by selling #government FrankerZty legacy #software with no support contract' thing does appear to be... a thing. An extremely #dangerous thing. #consideredharmful
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I wonder if I'd be less critical of this sort of !hack'ability of systems of law if I'd ever seen anyone actually use the power for good; but it seems like it only ever gets used for..., I don't know—for teh lulz?
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