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.

  • @MindSkipperBro12
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    -5811 months ago

    Yeah, since we can’t stop murderers, we should do nothing about it.

    • Baggins [he/him]
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      4611 months ago

      Banning flipper is exactly that- doing nothing- because you can’t actually use one to steal a car.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 months ago

      The thing we should do is to hold car manufacturers accountable for neglecting security in cars.

    • edric
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      3011 months ago

      Flipper Zero can’t be used to hijack any car, specifically the ones produced after the 1990s, since their security systems have rolling codes

      So actually doing nothing.

      • @MindSkipperBro12
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        -1811 months ago

        If you truly want to solve something then you have to make some draconian-like laws and enforce it with rigorous effort. Sometimes the harshest measures are the safest measures.

        • @CurbsTickle
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          1211 months ago

          Now tell everyone how banning a device which can’t be used for car thefts, will somehow help with car thefts.

          I think we’d all like to know.

          Or, you know, it’s incredibly stupid to ban. But what do I know? Other than that you can’t use a flipper to steal a car of course.

    • @agent_flounder
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      1311 months ago

      “If you want to stop murders just ban kitchen knives.” --canadian politicians

    • @deafboy
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      611 months ago

      Let’s establish an international anti-murder day. It won’t save anyone, but at least we did SOMETHING!

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      We can’t stop murderers, so let’s band all guns, knives, baseball bats and tire irons.