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.

    • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Banning flipper is exactly that- doing nothing- because you can’t actually use one to steal a car.

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      9 months ago

      The thing we should do is to hold car manufacturers accountable for neglecting security in cars.

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      9 months ago

      Flipper Zero can’t be used to hijack any car, specifically the ones produced after the 1990s, since their security systems have rolling codes

      So actually doing nothing.

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      9 months ago

      God I love these shit analogies.

      Here’s the thing: banning murder hurts absolutely no one and accomplishes a lot.

      Banning Flipper Zero, however they decide to do it, hurts hobbyists and helps no one.

      See how your analogy is the opposite of reality?

      • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        If you truly want to solve something then you have to make some draconian-like laws and enforce it with rigorous effort. Sometimes the harshest measures are the safest measures.

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          9 months ago

          Now tell everyone how banning a device which can’t be used for car thefts, will somehow help with car thefts.

          I think we’d all like to know.

          Or, you know, it’s incredibly stupid to ban. But what do I know? Other than that you can’t use a flipper to steal a car of course.

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        9 months ago

        5 years later:

        “If you want to stop murders just ban scissors.”

        • canadian politicians
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      9 months ago

      Let’s establish an international anti-murder day. It won’t save anyone, but at least we did SOMETHING!

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      We can’t stop murderers, so let’s band all guns, knives, baseball bats and tire irons.