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Bad actors are going to ruin this cool little device for everyone else. For every story I hear about a cool usecase for it, there's another about it being used
by dymk 3y ago
Bad actors are going to ruin this cool little device for everyone else. For every story I hear about a cool usecase for it, there's another about it being used to annoy or harm others.
- sneak 3y agoTools can be used for good and bad. This isn’t anything new and doesn’t “ruin” a device.
- karaterobot 3y agoThe person you're responding to probably means that bad actors will cause the device to become illegal to buy or use in certain areas as a result of being associated with illegal or harmful behavior.
- goshx 3y agoIt’s already banned in Brazil, for instance
- mihaaly 3y agoIt is true, tools will be misused, banning already happened to knifes and scissors in narrow or broader context for example. Will see how this one will be regulated, if will be at all. If they are smart - usually not, but at least less smart than paranoid - then it will not be a blanket rule, actually cannot be without unplugging all computation and wireless devices.
- dymk 3y agothanks sneak, very insightful
- neilv 3y agoFlipper Zero is/was banned on eBay. I tried repeatedly to sell mine there, because I'd see some auctions for them complete. Then they told me it was definitely banned, because it could be used for (IIRC) RFID hacking. (Fair enough. I ended up having to sell mine locally, for a lot less money than what the occasional auction would complete for on eBay. And finding a buyer locally was harder, and with much higher rate of flaking. As someone with deep frugal influences, who likes to save money when buying things, and to sell things once not really needed, I really like eBay when it works OK.)