fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down17
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minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 years agoAh yes banning the tool will 100% take care of the problem.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·2 years agoClearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWe just need to make crime illegal 👌
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years 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-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoMaybe, but guns are a very different problem. A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s the main issue here, the flipper isn’t useful in car theft
minus-squareHerr Woland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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.