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Flipper Zero makers respond to Canada’s ‘harmful’ ban proposal

ID: 98657413-d73e-52ef-839d-f5db459c138e

STIX ID: report--98657413-d73e-52ef-839d-f5db459c138e

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2024-03-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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The report covers Canada’s proposed ban on the Flipper Zero and the vendor’s response, asserting the device is wrongly blamed for rising car thefts and explaining that such crimes typically use expensive, high-power relay repeaters rather than low-power tools like Flipper. It contends that focusing on banning research tools is misguided, urging attention to fixing insecure, outdated automotive access systems and rallying support for the security research community to oppose the ban.

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