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Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] febra@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Next, ban radio waves, because car companies are too damn dense to create a proper product lol

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I’m surprised no fobs use a time-based token to prevent replay attacks. Would make it a bit of a bitch to replace the battery, but hey-ho, tradeoffs.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

Challenges-reponse protocols are what's needed

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