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submitted 6 months ago by hydration9806@lemmy.ml to c/canada@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11789263

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

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[-] jadero@lemmy.ca 86 points 6 months ago

Sure, let's ban everything we don't understand and every tool that can be used to break into something. Next we'll be banning rocks because they break windows and crowbars because they can be used to jimmy locks.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 months ago

I think this is the first shot in the open war on technology, there has been a quiet push for years.

Automakers blame an RF toy for their own disgustingly poor security measures, and the government jumps to ban the toy. What happens when Bell declares that only criminals need a VPN to hide their traffic, or Rogers decides that only a hacker would ever need to have server in their home? How about a more general case, cordless angle grinders and sawzalls are the fastest way to steal catalytic converters from cars, how long before they are subject to a ban or can only be sold to "approved" persons?

[-] CanadaPlus 6 points 6 months ago

There's unironically been calls to ban pointed knives in the UK because they get used in crimes.

[-] jadero@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago
[-] CanadaPlus 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I know! Clearly the UK is on a level of stranger paranoia that I can't really fathom. Over here that still sounds like the hyperbole someone would use to argue against restrictions on more complex weapons, not a serious suggestion.

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