hiding licence plate number
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To preserve anonymity.
NOT on the road, but on internet forums.
i personally , don't want to have a heated discussion with some "wacko" on ANY forum, and get stalked after.
Unfortunately, money can't buy class NOR values.
NOT on the road, but on internet forums.
i personally , don't want to have a heated discussion with some "wacko" on ANY forum, and get stalked after.
Unfortunately, money can't buy class NOR values.
#3
I agree; no real reason; I even got an IM from someone encouraging me to hide my Plate from a pic on here; just no reason; If someone went off in here, most could not track the plate anyway!!
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It's not the forum members I'm necessarily concerned about. Plenty of passersby. Lexus usually equates to other nice things in the home, and when they track your plate, they can just wait for you to post about your long vacation ....taken plenty of burglary reports under similar circumstances. Just saying. You can do whatever you want, but there are those of us that have been exposed too often to the darker side of human behavior and choose to take a more precautionary approach.I've never tried to track a plate without ncic /cjis but it can be done.
#6
Lexus Test Driver
With your plate number, it's very easy to know who owns it and where's it registered ( where you park the car).
a lot of agencies and companies have access to that information.
maybe you're thinking, police, DMV, FBI.. yup!
BUT have you considered Insurance companies? yeah, the guy who's giving you a quote/ or handling your claim can pull up that information.
How confident are you that on his free time, he's not checking out the name of that Hot chick he saw driving a coupe?
Not convinced yet?
Here's a case that my "law enforcement friend" mentioned a couple of years back.
There was man who was posting on Ebay and craigslist about cars for sale.
he introduced himself as the " dealer"/broker for the owner of said cars.
He posted pictures and even car fax report of the car/SUV that he claims he's selling.
Here's the catch, to be able to test drive the car, there's a REFUNDABLE $50 to save the date for the test-drive.
long story short, nobody got their $50 back.
Complainants even drove to the "owners" houses asking for their money back.
OF Course, the Registered owners were scratching their heads, not knowing that their cars were posted online
Most complainants decided to call it a day and consider it a life lesson.
but a handful few pursued the case in small claims court.
i don't know what happened to the case, but i'm sure the owners of the car did not take it lightly.
they have to prove that they were victims too, and they never intended to sell the car in the first place.
The detectives said that their working theory is that a bunch of kids who go driving in nice neighborhood and took some pictures of different cars.
a lot of agencies and companies have access to that information.
maybe you're thinking, police, DMV, FBI.. yup!
BUT have you considered Insurance companies? yeah, the guy who's giving you a quote/ or handling your claim can pull up that information.
How confident are you that on his free time, he's not checking out the name of that Hot chick he saw driving a coupe?
Not convinced yet?
Here's a case that my "law enforcement friend" mentioned a couple of years back.
There was man who was posting on Ebay and craigslist about cars for sale.
he introduced himself as the " dealer"/broker for the owner of said cars.
He posted pictures and even car fax report of the car/SUV that he claims he's selling.
Here's the catch, to be able to test drive the car, there's a REFUNDABLE $50 to save the date for the test-drive.
long story short, nobody got their $50 back.
Complainants even drove to the "owners" houses asking for their money back.
OF Course, the Registered owners were scratching their heads, not knowing that their cars were posted online
Most complainants decided to call it a day and consider it a life lesson.
but a handful few pursued the case in small claims court.
i don't know what happened to the case, but i'm sure the owners of the car did not take it lightly.
they have to prove that they were victims too, and they never intended to sell the car in the first place.
The detectives said that their working theory is that a bunch of kids who go driving in nice neighborhood and took some pictures of different cars.
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IMO no big reason to hide your plates if your vehicle is otherwise stock. If you have the type of car that is showy and post about the bling and power mods, it does get the minds of those creative thieves going. Posting pics with your plates just statistically increases your odds that that thief/vandal will come after your stuff and specifically target your car.
#13
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It's not the forum members I'm necessarily concerned about. Plenty of passersby. Lexus usually equates to other nice things in the home, and when they track your plate, they can just wait for you to post about your long vacation ....taken plenty of burglary reports under similar circumstances. Just saying. You can do whatever you want, but there are those of us that have been exposed too often to the darker side of human behavior and choose to take a more precautionary approach.I've never tried to track a plate without ncic /cjis but it can be done.
#14
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WHEN criminals target you, they WILL always find a way to get what they want. Regardless.
Sending them an invite, whether leaving your doors unlocked OR tweeting everything your doing. Well that's on you.
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Sending them an invite, whether leaving your doors unlocked OR tweeting everything your doing. Well that's on you.
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#15
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No one has to pay for anything these days as people volunteer everything. The amount of information one of you in this thread freely puts out is beyond staggering. 2 keystrokes to see your online footprint and a crook will know more about you than any license plate check can reveal.