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Intentions sometimes matter. There is a South African shotgun aspirationally named Street Sweeper, and it's famously classified as a Destructive Device in the U

Intentions sometimes matter. There is a South African shotgun aspirationally named Street Sweeper, and it's famously classified as a Destructive Device in the US, which is two levels more strictly controlled category, AIUI, IANAL, than a manually operated Gatling gun. FZ is intended to clone keys and bypass security, I suppose in significant part for users' lawful convenience, but is kind of intended to do what it should not. Coat hangers aren't engineered with intent to be shoved into the weather seal on a door.

romwell 3y ago
You can literally order lock picks on Amazon in Canada[1]. Which were absolutely engineered with Internet to be shoved into locks to open them without a key. To be clear: purchasing ans owning lockpicks is perfectly legal in Canada [2]. I don't think your logic applies to why that legislation was introduced. They're treating Flipper as a lockpick, but legislate it differently nevertheless. Cheap, misguided hype seems to be a more plausible explanation. [1] https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Accessories-Suitable-Handwork-Improvement/dp/B0CP79PGWM/ https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Accessories-Suitable-Hand... [2] http://lockking.ca/can-i-buy-lock-picks-in-canada/ http://lockking.ca/can-i-buy-lock-picks-in-canada/
Xelynega 3y ago
> FZ is intended to clone keys and bypass security I'd say it's more of an educational/'hacker' toy than it is a useful security bypasser/key cloner. Purpose built(and better aot their job) those things cost significantly less. The flipper zero is a toy that the Canadian government are about to misclasify.