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

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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.

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[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 37 points 9 months ago

I doubt this is the real reason they are being banned, it's just the excuse they came up with.

[-] Labtec6@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

They just want to appear to be doing something, even though they aren't doing anything useful.

[-] finkrat@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Another distraction for the big problems not getting solved

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