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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€“] [email protected] 103 points 1 year 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€“] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lock picks are still legal in Canada

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

SDR manufacturers with billion dollar government contracts:

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn't even do that