Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
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Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#2This is typical. All this stuff about people knowing where their cars are and the police, CBSA etc not doing anything about it*, the complicity of all the port and shipping people, but the government pretends banning some electronics will change something. I don't know what people expected from a "summit" or whatever they did, there are lots of clear steps we could take, but instead we get this.
*see https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-man-finds-stolen-truc...
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#3So all those people with FZs I met at Bsides were car thieves.
Just how many thefts are linked to its use.
Criminals will be add FZs to their gun and drug shipments to Canada
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#4Like every other wide-spanning law the Canadian Government has passed lately (including the one on firearms and the soon-to-pass adult-content on the internet), I imagine they will ban swathes of legal products that use RF and do nothing to actually prevent crimes from occurring.
Thanks to our Parliament!
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#5So if they ban the Flipper Zero are they going to ban the multitude of SDRs as well?
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#6Isn't auto theft already illegal?
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#7In other news, hammers can be used to break windows, coathangers to jimmy doors, and towtrucks to just lift the fuckers right up and drive off with 'em.
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#8A guy tracked his stolen truck to CP railyard. Police was sitting outside the railcar that had his truck inside. Police could do nothing because the railyard is outside their jurisdiction. Train left, he watched on the tracker as his truck was eventually shipped to Dubai.
So.. I think CP rail is maybe a co-conspirator here? They have immunity from local law enforcement, and don't seem to require any title checks to move vehicles across border.
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#9So if they ban the Flipper Zero are they going to ban the multitude of SDRs as well?
They don’t need to. Banning the easy method will stop the majority of cases. Most people won’t bother with a slightly less easy method requiring the most basic of technical skills or more research than the first Google result.
Similar to how moving ssh to a non-standard port stops most attacks.
Re: Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
#10The Flipper Zero is a general-purpose tool and STEM educational device. By banning the device, a country would be setting back their workforce of engineers and scientists a bit.
How can you use a Flipper Zero to steal a car? Flipper Zero can't crack hard encryption.
Is the real problem that cars were made with security that they already knew was negligently weak at the time? If so, is a recall of those cars more appropriate?