• Herr Woland
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    324 months ago

    Ah yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.

    • @ArbiterXero
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      244 months ago

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

      • Herr Woland
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        84 months ago

        We just need to make crime illegal 👌

      • @Mr_Blott
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        -24 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

        • @ArbiterXero
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          14 months ago

          Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.

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

        • WorseDoughnut 🍩
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          14 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.

    • @rockSlayer
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      164 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        54 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.

      • Herr Woland
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        24 months ago

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