Jeff Geerling
I'm feeling targeted right now... https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/30/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-raspberry-pi-and-flipper-zero-alongside-explosives/
Dec 30 at 11:19pmWeb
Show threadmmu_manDec 30
@geerlingguy well if you take "no explosive" strictly that also means no phone because the battery… 🤷
Show threadFabio ManganielloDec 30
@geerlingguy so I guess that I can still show up with a BananaPi?
Show threadRostislavDec 30
@fabio @geerlingguy I think a lot of people will take this as a challenge.
Show threadRostislavDec 30
@geerlingguy A very strange list of banned items indeed. Thank God Orange Pis, Arduinos, and Doom-running calculators are’t banned.
Show threadv4rd4453nDec 30
@geerlingguy is this a joke about mixing apples and raspberries?
Show threadDaniel BrotherstonDec 30
@geerlingguy a list written by the Democrat consultant class.
Show threadMostlyBlindGamerDec 30
@geerlingguy RPi 400 anyone? It looks so cute and innocent, it has to pass the vibe check.
Show threadMike LawtonDec 30
@geerlingguy tyrannical! 😆
Show threadDustinDec 30
@geerlingguy TI-83 held sideways🤣🤣🤣
Show threadMIfoodieDec 31
@geerlingguy raspberry pi open source, take raspberry pi design files, rotate something random like the micro usb port by half a degree, random the raspberry pi log silkscreen thing then manufacture it. Boom. You got a raspberry pi without it being a raspberry pi
Show threadmetalshadow1909Dec 31

@geerlingguy

>A device-specific ban turns curiosity itself into something suspicious

I really do think it's a bid to curtail "computing with intent". With Google locking down Android and Microsoft reining in Windows, most consumer electronics are increasingly limited to simple, standard functionality. The state can discourage use of nonstandard devices to reduce the risk of "deviant behavior".

Show threadmetalshadow1909Dec 31

@geerlingguy

Whether an insidious human or an unthinking AI is behind this ban, the goal of making crime impossible will go unmet, but the freedom of the people will be limited regardless. It should obviously be reconsidered.

Show threadshironekoDec 31
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Show threadFederico MartinezDec 31
@geerlingguy My guess is that its because they either don’t want people using the IO stuff on the rpi (you could probably do similar things than a flipper by just reading articles) and/or because they don’t want people seeing electronics and thinking it’s a bomb or something. I would assume other rpi like boards would also not be allowed
Show threadIP over Parrots (with QoS)Dec 31
@geerlingguy Canada almost made the Flipper Zero illegal a while back: https://www.pcmag.com/news/canada-walks-back-ban-of-flipper-zero-targets-illegitimate-use-cases
Show threadFishdDec 31
@geerlingguy Perfect time for a video on that project that is making a Flipper clone.
Show threadashpoleDec 31
@geerlingguy Perhaps they prefer Apple Pi!