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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MakunaHatata@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I get what you’re saying, but it’s like arguing that hammers should be complicated and/or expensive because they can be used by anyone to break a window.

These tools are exposing security issues, that’s not an issue with the tool. That’s an issue with the things using the shit security.

Banning the tool fixes nothing, it’s like painting a rotting fence. The problem is still there, still getting worse, you can just pretend everything’s fine for a short while before it comes crashing down.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Your response really highlights that you do not get what I'm saying. I'm not arguing it should be banned. I'm saying that acknowledging that the barrier of entry was lowered is at least somewhat of an important factor to consider. Doing it the way flipper did is irresponsible at best, and more realistically ethically corrupt. It's been done though and you can't put the cat back in the bag.

Now governments are trying to ban them, but when 100s of new clones come out I can almost guarantee governments are going to start doing increasingly silly shit to stop it. Do you think that giving every joker a key to any kia/Hyundai is going to lead to governments cracking down on security on the manufacturing side? Or do you think it'll just give them a bigger excuse to make invasive laws? I'm pretty sure I know where it'll lead and I seriously doubt it will be leveling laws against the poor old car manufacturers that donate to campaign funds...