How do you ban a device built with open source hardware and software anyway?
  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Read everyone, this is hype, and Canada is being dumb on this one.

    The Flipper Zero is also incapable of defeating keyless systems that rely on rolling codes, a protection that’s been in place since the 1990s that essentially transmits a different electronic key signal each time a key is pressed to lock or unlock a door.

    Most of this reaction is due to staged videos on TikTok and politicians not understanding technology. Maybe they’ll stop a few joyriding kids, but car thiefs aren’t using F0s.

  • jonw@links.mayhem.academyEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The problem, of course, is distinguishing between harmless and harmful use. There are painfully few things that are objectively good or bad.

    • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Hey, I’ve seen your deleted post about trying to seed your instance.
      You seem to be the admin of a new instance.
      By default, your instance won’t see any remote communities content until someone subscribes.
      Which is kind of a catch 22, because you kinda have to know about it to subscribe.
      To browse for communities:
      https://lemmyverse.net/communities
      You can then use your instance’s search bar to fetch it initially in order to subscribe to it yourself.
      Which you’ve likely already done for this one.

      There’s also a tool that can do this for you:
      https://lemmy-federate.com/ (which was formerly known as communityboost)
      Then again it may subscribe to things you aren’t interested in, so that may or may not be for you.

      Cheers, welcome and good luck.

  • n3m37h@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Let’s ban a product instead of solving the issue at hand… Seriously? I hate my country more and more as each day passes

  • sibannac@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Why not improve the security with an arms race? Keep it legal and the responsibility of the manufacturer to make a secure vehicle.

    • cadekat@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Right? That’s the thing. Car thieves don’t care if the tool is illegal; they’re already planning on stealing a car.

      If you make the tool illegal, you’re just making it harder for security experts who do care about the law.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Dude I think I might pick one of these up just for the IR, I miss the good ol days of controlling my tv and tvs on the go with my phone. I need to find out what all else it can do (and only use the powers for good), the RFID and NFC and garage doors and all that sounds like it could be convenient.