Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts

www.bleepingcomputer.com 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.

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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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.
- Yeah, let's entirely outlaw pentesting while we're at it. What could possibly go wrong? 🙈
  
  Lets outlaw devices that could be used for pentesting while we're at it. PCs, laptops, phones, etc.
  
  Don't forget paperclips, string, and aerosol cans. Hell, we should probably just ban wire altogether.
  
  Lock picks are still legal in Canada
  
  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...
  
  SDR manufacturers with billion dollar government contracts:
- It doesn't even do that

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