Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a scapegoat

Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by dghlsakjg on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:31PM (#39386400)

This is a really expensive device in Canada, and you do have to flash the firmware if you want access to the more harmful capabilities.

The people stealing cars are an international organized group that have managed to exploit holes in the federal government, the railroad companies, and the ports. The way they are stealing these cars is outside of the capabilities of a stock flipper, and requires custom hardware.

Banning the flipper is going to do precisely nothing to increase the friction on the problem they are trying to solve.

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by kps on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:02PM (#39387869)

The major ports (Montréal and Vancouver) are controlled by organized crime. But those people are scary (and/or well-connected). Much easier to go after hobbyists.

Sport shooters can insert a certain James Franco meme here.

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by wmil on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:42PM (#39386589)

The problem they are trying to solve is the perception they aren't doing anything to stop organized car theft.

Banning the Flipper is a minimal effort way to minimize it as an election issue.

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by dymk on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:40AM (#39393937)

If people are stealing cars with a Flipper, banning it seems like more than a token gesture

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