He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time.

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Everyone hates parking tickets. Not everyone, however, is an information security researcher with a mischievous side and a freshly minted vanity license plate reading "NULL."

That would be Droogie (his handle, if that's not obvious), a presenter at this year's DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas and man with a very specific problem: He's on the receiving end of thousands of dollars worth of tickets that aren't his. But don't tell that to the DMV.

It wasn't, of course, supposed to end up this way. In fact, exactly the opposite. Droogie registered a vanity California license plate consisting solely of the word "NULL" — which in programming is a term for a value of zero — for fun. And, he admitted to laughs, on the off chance it would confuse automatic license plate readers and the DMV's ticketing system.  Read more...

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He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time. He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time. Reviewed by mimisabreena on Sunday, August 11, 2019 Rating: 5

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