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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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How hard would it be to make a similar device?
A single-board computer, radio modules, and the appropriate software. Trivial for someone with the technical knowledge. The only thing that made the flipper unique is that it comes pre-packaged.
The uniformity is also nice. Lots of tutorials targetting it
Any determined thief will just build their own, or one guy will do it and sell to all the thieves, this is the wrong solution.
Politicians being stupid and thick, as usual.
This can be replicated with off-the-shelf components and readily available software. The real issue is the low security of cars.
Also, a similar device with better capabilities is about to hit the market.
What's it called?
Dave
How specific is the law? I can imagine these idiots either...
PS: as others said, wouldn't be super hard to pull off, just a matter of assembling parts. This is why banning tools is almost always fucking stupid and only penalizes those who follow the law.
This is how every licensed gun owner in Canada has felt for years. You can go read how they word those laws to get a good idea of how they would go about wording this one. It's not great.