Comment on Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

herrwoland@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.

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  • herrwoland@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We just need to make crime illegal 👌

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That said, this is the argument that gun-owning cowards use, so does it fall under the “How do we stop this happening, says only country in the world where this happens regularly” category?

    Probably a wise move to nip it in the bud

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    • worsedoughnut@lemdro.id ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Insane take.

      You’re talking about outlawing the equivalent of a lock picking set. This tool is used by legitimate security researchers and professional penetration testers all the time. Making this type of hardware less accessible only hurts.

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    • ArbiterXero@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.

      A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.

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• rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft

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  • papabobolious@feddit.nu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I guess it could steal maybe some 90s cars with remote fobs, but I don’t think it can do modern keyless entry cars in any useful way.

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  • herrwoland@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.

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