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sadeshmukhyesterday at 12:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

No incompetent person could feasibly use a Raspberry Pi to do any harm, and I invite you to find any examples to the contrary. It is easier to abuse a phone.


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borskiyesterday at 6:18 PM

This is the point.

It is solving for the wrong problem. An idiot with a Pi or Flipper Zero isn’t the actual threat any more than Star Simpson was.

And if you don’t agree the stupidity that Star was put through was absurd, then we simply won’t agree on the matter.

There’s a difference between security/intelligence and theater. Too many people mistake the two, because they’ve been trained by folks like the TSA to mistake theater for security/intelligence.

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kube-systemyesterday at 6:18 PM

You're really missing the forest for the trees here. It's arguable which one has more theoretical exploits. This is an issue of practicality. Phones are allowed because it's normal for everyone to have one in their pocket and impractical to ban them.

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