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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts::The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

PS: as others said, wouldn't be super hard to pull off, just a matter of assembling parts. This is why banning tools is almost always fucking stupid and only penalizes those who follow the law.

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 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.