fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square220linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAh yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI 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.
minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNot only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoClearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWe just need to make crime illegal 👌
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat 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
Ah yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
That’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
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.
Not only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.
Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
We just need to make crime illegal 👌
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