@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down17cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1605arrow-down1external-linkCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square87fedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squareHerr WolandlinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 year agoAh yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
minus-square@ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoClearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year agoThat said, this is the argument that gun-owning cowards use, so does it fall under the “How do we stop this happening, says only country in the world where this happens regularly” category? Probably a wise move to nip it in the bud
minus-square@ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoMaybe, but guns are a very different problem. A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.
minus-square@rockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoThat’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
minus-squareHerr WolandlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNot only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.
Ah yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
We just need to make crime illegal 👌
That said, this is the argument that gun-owning cowards use, so does it fall under the “How do we stop this happening, says only country in the world where this happens regularly” category?
Probably a wise move to nip it in the bud
Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.
A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.
That’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
Not only that, you can easily buy more advanced car stealing tools that are made for this purpose from Chinese websites.