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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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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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[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Good point in general, but, what they're specifically talking about here (rolling codes), perhaps what they should have said is that no one can (feasibly) do it, not just that their hardware isn't capable.

Edit: Oh, for the blocking signal, that part might be functionality that could be added, I see what I think you're saying there. Still, that would be a step towards it, but it would still require serious hardware to crack a private key, as I understand.