NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives

Post by kube-system » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

jtbayly wrote: post #230

kube-system wrote: post #220

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I'm not changing anything -- my root comment in this thread specifically mentioned "disturbances". Mitigating disturbances to the proceedings of an event is plainly a part of event security. The "threats" evaluated in event security are not solely to life and limb but also to the proceedings of the event itself. I didn't think this required elaboration; I thought most people would be familiar with this function of ev…

It is obvious how a beach ball could’ve a disturbance. What precisely can I do with a pi that would cause a disturbance?

Post by Zenst » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #201

Zenst wrote: post #193

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Nobody going to take a walking stick of an old man or some disabled person using it to walk, not unless it looks like it can pull apart into a sword. But security today and discretion does leave much in the wind. They should have just said any computers other than mobile phones, by drilling down they enable security to fail at their job as people could bring another SBC and go its not a raspberry Pi and that highligh…

> Nobody going to take a walking stick of an old man Okay Gandalf :)

Post by kube-system » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC

jtbayly wrote: post #232

kube-system wrote: post #231

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Any of the same infrared or RF shenanigans that are done with a flipper zero, and potentially mess with the equipment of organizers or media.

So… basically cloning somebody’s keycard without them knowing could cause a disturbance… ok.