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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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[–] Player2@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Good thing I ordered one a couple days ago

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[–] quaddo@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

“This here’s the Lockpocking Lawyer, and today we’re going to take a closer look at the Flipper Zero….”

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People are cutting locks so we should ban long arm metal snips and angle grinders.

[–] paws@cyberpaws.lol 2 points 9 months ago

Go for the source, ban the locks

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Um.... You don't even need the flipper zero to steal a car. I'm not even sure it's strong enough to emulate the key.

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure you can't even use the Flipper in the way thieves are using cheap alibaba radio amplifiers on the proximity fobs that people keep near their front door...

[–] badaboomxx@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

One question, has the Canadian police actually arrested people using the flipper to steal cars?

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

How hard would it be to make a similar device?

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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Oh Canada...

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

this is funny.

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