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PlateShapez
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bennjordan / PlateShapez

PlateShapez

A quick and simple way to automate small, hardly-noticeable, random gaussian shapes to confuse AI license plate readers used by law enforcement and retailers.

AI & Machine Learning
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699GitHub stars
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What it is

A quick and simple way to automate small, hardly-noticeable, random gaussian shapes to confuse AI license plate readers used by law enforcement and retailers.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by day2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-08-26 22:06:16 UTC to 2025-09-06 02:08:43 UTC.

012025-08-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 262025-08-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 312025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 6

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Aug 262025-08-26 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-27 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 272025-08-27 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 282025-08-28 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 292025-08-29 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 302025-08-30 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-31 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 312025-08-31 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 12025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 22025-09-02 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 32025-09-03 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 42025-09-04 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 52025-09-05 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 62025-09-06 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 00:00:00 UTC110

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