Is New Bump.com License Plate Feature A Privacy Car Wreck?

You probably never thought of your license plate as a social media tool, but Bump.com is trying to change that. The online start up has big ideas to turn America's highways into a mobile social network, but is it more potential privacy crash than the next big Web idea?

You probably never thought of your license plate as a social media tool, but Bump.com is trying to change that.   The online start up has big ideas to turn America’s highways into a mobile social network, but is it more potential privacy crash than the next big Web idea?

The license plate messaging Android app and mobile site lets users “safely” send voice, email, photo, and SMS messages to a vehicle’s license plate.

In short, goodbye honking, winking and waving, hello text messaging.

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