“Banning Flipper Zero devices is tantamount to banning a multi-tool because it can be used for vandalism, or banning markers because they can be used for graffiti,” EFF’s @legind told @Motherboard. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a388g/flipper-zero-ban-canada-hacking-car-thefts
Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Device. Experts Say It's a ‘Scapegoat’

Canada is moving to ban the TikTok-famous Flipper Zero, claiming that it contributes to car thefts. It doesn’t.

@eff @legind @Motherboard or closing a public road as getaway thieves may use that road too...
@eff @legind @Motherboard ...or screwdrivers because they're used to force a lock's cylinder.
@eff @legind @Motherboard Or guns or alcohol, or gay sex, or 3d printed paper weights 
Development - Flipper Zero - Documentation

Flipper Zero - Documentation

@eff @legind @Motherboard
Let's solve the problem at the source and ban people from having babies because they sometimes grow up to be criminals.
@eff @legind @Motherboard @naia Brains are dangerous therefore they should be banned.
@eff @legind @Motherboard
or banning guns because they kill people.
Apparently that's not possible, so why ban this?
@eff
Yeah, let's ban Armalite and Colt, cuz Bad Guys use their products.
@legind @Motherboard

@eff @legind @Motherboard - This is (once again) politicians taking action or posturing on a topic that they have absolutely no understanding of.

It was so embarrassing when the Canadian trade minister went to China and asked them to make more chips for Canada - as if they were generic items.

Every time I read about government involvement in tech I fell a little bit dumber.

@eff @legind @Motherboard
The only reason I bought one is because I thought they would try to ban it sooner or later....

@eff @legind @Motherboard

It seems to be a device that among it's normal mundane geek stuff, is specifically designed to defeat access cards, locks etc.

If EFF makes a thing of this, the GUN LOBBY will be watching and taking notes.

#BanAssaultRifles #SandyHook

@eff @legind @Motherboard let's ban clothes because suicide terrorists hide bombs inside them

@eff @legind @Motherboard

I don't want to comment, I wanted to read the comments but how do I open them to read em..