Comment on Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts

CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A single-board computer, radio modules, and the appropriate software. Trivial for someone with the technical knowledge. The only thing that made the flipper unique is that it comes pre-packaged.

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  • CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The uniformity is also nice. Lots of tutorials targetting it

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  • skozzii@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any determined thief will just build their own, or one guy will do it and swell to all the thieves, this is the wrong solution.

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• krigo666@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Politicians being stupid and thick, as usual.

  This can be replicated with off-the-shelf components and readily available software. The real issue is the low security of cars.

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  • CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, a similar device with better capabilities is about to hit the market.

    What’s it called?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dave

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• agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How specific is the law? I can imagine these idiots either…

  • Very specifically banning flipper so now people make a functionally identical device called the reppilf that is totally legal
  • Banning any computing device capable of transmitting radio, thus outlawing all cellphones, laptops, desktops, iot, etc.

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  • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is how every licensed gun owner in Canada has felt for years. You can go read how they word those laws to get a good idea of how they would go about wording this one. It’s not great.

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