# Really? A digital license plate? WHY?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-a-digital-license-plate-why/980340>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-a-digital-license-plate-why/980340 "2023-02-25T04:14:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-a-digital-license-plate-why/980340/21 "2023-02-26T17:14:58Z")

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You’ll have to go all the way back to 2013:

> **[The Hackable Japanese Toilet Comes With An App To Track Poop](https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/08/05/209208453/the-hackable-japanese-toilet-comes-with-an-app-to-track-poop)**
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> The news that a Japanese toilet can be remotely controlled by an Android app got us curious about what else was possible with this toilet technology.

> **[Japanese Toilet With App Tracks And Analyzes Bowel Movements, But It's Easily...](https://www.medicaldaily.com/japanese-toilet-app-tracks-and-analyzes-bowel-movements-its-easily-hacked-249295)**
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> A Japanese toilet now has an app that can help quantify bowel movements, raising awareness for any conditions that might develop.

But Japanese toilets are a world apart anyway, would merit their own thread.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-a-digital-license-plate-why/980340/22 "2023-02-26T19:38:26Z")

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Reminds me of the wi-fi- & Bluetooth-enabled sex toys that gave birth to the term “screwdriving” (offshoot from “war-driving”) for using your laptop / tablet / phone to find and … influence … other people’s toys in public.

I wonder what cool “\<whatever\>-driving” moniker we can come up with for taking over someone’s toilet, bidet, or poop tracker. At the moment, creativity fails me.

But I’m sure an idea will ripen then emerge in the next couple of hours. Hope springs eternal. 🙂

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