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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

It has a bunch of abilities, but the most important one is that it can recieve and transmit radio signals that can trick devices like remote door locks and garage door openers into thinking that a key was pressed to open them, but only if they don't have proper security systems set up. It's built for penetration testing on systems to see how secure they are