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From Paper Note to SECQRE: A Brief History of 'Please Move Your Car'

The note under the wiper has been the same for 60 years. We thought it was time for an upgrade.

From Paper Note to SECQRE: A Brief History of 'Please Move Your Car'

In 1962, a Cleveland salesman tucked a paper note under a Pontiac's windshield wiper asking the owner to move. Sixty-three years later, we were still doing exactly the same thing — only now the note got rained on, and the phone number written on it ended up on a scammer's spreadsheet by Friday.

SECQRE is the smallest possible upgrade to the largest possible problem: a sticker, a scan, a masked call. The note disappears. The privacy stays.

Written by Founders · Sep 30, 2025

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