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by not_a_real_56 827 days ago
I do not agree with the ban, but I would like to provide some context as a Flipper Zero (F0) owner and someone who is in several F0 communities and have used a few different firmware besides the official one.

There are a lot of younger kids in the community who have the F0 and are just looking to cause havoc. Joining these communities and looking for the jamming files and want to open every Tesla charging port they come across. Or when the device gained the Bluetooth spamming capability, people wanted to use that everywhere.

Normally these people are promptly dismissed or kicked from the server, but it is a constant influx of these people.

There are plenty of people who use the F0 properly either for work and just learning about signals, or a multitool making their day a little easier. And plenty of new features are coming out every few weeks from the amazing unofficial firmware developers.

I think the question, instead of banning devices, should be to make sure we are teaching people strong morals and that there are possible consequences to their actions.