That’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
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herrwoland@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ah yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
papabobolious@feddit.nu 4 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.
herrwoland@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
herrwoland@lemmy.world 4 months ago
We just need to make crime illegal 👌
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 4 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
worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 4 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.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.
A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.