• @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    8711 months ago

    "It is unacceptable that it is possible to buy tools that help car theft on major online shopping platforms.”

    I can buy a hammer and screwdriver online, and those could be used for car theft. Does that make those also unacceptable?

    • @el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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      611 months ago

      They’re also really good at murder, a much more serious crime.

      While we’re at it let’s just ban all metal cutlery, just to be on the safe side.

        • @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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          311 months ago

          I guess you haven’t seen all the TikTok videos of kids steeling Kia’s with nothing but a USB cable (used to turn the ignition, not anything digital).

          To be fair, it doesn’t work in Canada because immobilizers are mandatory. They really love their cost cutting in the US though…

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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        11 months ago

        I can buy lockpicks, slimjims, and all sorts of other locksmith tools made specifically to gain access to cars quickly and easily. And I could have been doing so for way, way longer than the Flipper has existed.