fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down15
arrow-up1421arrow-down1external-linkCanada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdownarstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squarebassomitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI’m no expert, but wouldn’t it be very expensive to ship a bunch of cars to a different continent? Particularly stolen ones?
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoYea but not as expensive as shipping a bunch of cars and also paying full price. A quick google tells me 90% of the legal trade is shipped by boat, so you are paying for the boat regardless.
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNot really. Those don’t go on specialized car freighters, they’re just packed into a shipping container.
I’m no expert, but wouldn’t it be very expensive to ship a bunch of cars to a different continent? Particularly stolen ones?
Yea but not as expensive as shipping a bunch of cars and also paying full price.
A quick google tells me 90% of the legal trade is shipped by boat, so you are paying for the boat regardless.
Not really. Those don’t go on specialized car freighters, they’re just packed into a shipping container.