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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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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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[โ€“] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 89 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Classic response, don't hold the billion dollar corpos who actually design and manufacture the cars responsible. Ban the little device that exposes the flaws in their designs.

[โ€“] 7heo@lemmy.ml 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, let's entirely outlaw pentesting while we're at it. What could possibly go wrong? ๐Ÿ™ˆ

[โ€“] fluxion@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Lets outlaw devices that could be used for pentesting while we're at it. PCs, laptops, phones, etc.

[โ€“] twack@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget paperclips, string, and aerosol cans. Hell, we should probably just ban wire altogether.

[โ€“] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Lock picks are still legal in Canada

[โ€“] 7heo@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Brains. Technically that is the most useful device when pentesting. Along with curiosity. Altho on the former, I believe we, as a society, have actually started to...

[โ€“] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

SDR manufacturers with billion dollar government contracts:

[โ€“] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

It doesn't even do that