Interesting. Adafruit is now on the list of sites I will no longer visit, given their locking down and harvesting visitor data, and explicitly preventing archive sites.
NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
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#42The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
This is not really accurate though. Both a Raspberry Pi and a Flipper Zero can easily and readily be turned into a signal jammer or spammer with off the shelf parts and nearly no technical skill. Modern smartphones are generally both more locked down and also don't come with an external antenna option.
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#43The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
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#44Who cares about the Pi Zero? There's no umbrellas and no strollers/pushchairs/prams/etc. - and to add insult to injury you're not allowed booze as well.
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#45The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
Since smartphones are already locked down by their vendors, the cops have a point.
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#46Oh good. My OrangePi is safe.
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#47The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
"no no officer this is an orange pi! an orange pi!"
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#48The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
Since smartphones are already locked down by their vendors, the cops have a point.
Some smartphones are locked down by their vendors. There's plenty of options to get full root access on something that's for all intents and purposes a smartphone, especially if you don't particularly care about warranty and/or keeping commerical apps functional.
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#49I carried an RPi running a Meshtastic BBS around Def Con this year. I can kinda see why these combinations would make authorities nervous ("you have a computer-controlled radio what now?"), but the idea of getting arrested for toting around a souped up walkie talkie amuses me.
It doesn't say you'd be arrested, just the items aren't allowed.
Re: NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives
#50The cops made this list. The idea that a smartphone can do everything a Raspberry Pi can do, and more, is a concept so far beyond their level of understanding that the discussion is pointless.
Since smartphones are already locked down by their vendors, the cops have a point.
Smartphones need to remove their agnostic USB-C power source, otherwise nefarious parties will use it to power a radio jammer!
Pretty soon we'll all be texting each other on tin cans tied together with string. Until one of the cops trips over our cables.