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Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 183 points 9 months ago (15 children)

Read everyone, this is hype, and Canada is being dumb on this one.

The Flipper Zero is also incapable of defeating keyless systems that rely on rolling codes, a protection that's been in place since the 1990s that essentially transmits a different electronic key signal each time a key is pressed to lock or unlock a door.

Most of this reaction is due to staged videos on TikTok and politicians not understanding technology. Maybe they'll stop a few joyriding kids, but car thiefs aren't using F0s.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Politicians passing laws based on things they don't understand?

Quelle surprise.

But also:

a protection that's been in place since the 1990s

That's not necessarily a guarantee, c.f. Hyundai and Kia's lack of ignition locks.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Politicians passing laws based on things they don’t understand?

aka virtue signaling

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Another way of saying that is moral grandstanding, which I kind of like better. I like the imagery of grandstanding, especially when describing politicians.

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