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Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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"It is unacceptable that it is possible to buy tools that help car theft on major online shopping platforms.”
I can buy a hammer and screwdriver online, and those could be used for car theft. Does that make those also unacceptable?
They're also really good at murder, a much more serious crime.
While we're at it let's just ban all metal cutlery, just to be on the safe side.
Go then champ
By smashing the window and clicking the unlock button inside the vehicle.
I guess you haven't seen all the TikTok videos of kids steeling Kia's with nothing but a USB cable (used to turn the ignition, not anything digital).
To be fair, it doesn't work in Canada because immobilizers are mandatory. They really love their cost cutting in the US though...
I can buy lockpicks, slimjims, and all sorts of other locksmith tools made specifically to gain access to cars quickly and easily. And I could have been doing so for way, way longer than the Flipper has existed.