--- title: Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero | daily.dev description: The Flipper Zero, a multi-function hacking tool, has been banned in Brazil due to concerns of its use in criminal activities. However, there are no documented... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero | daily.dev og:description: The Flipper Zero, a multi-function hacking tool, has been banned in Brazil due to concerns of its use in criminal activities. However, there are no documented... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VVRcQfFRR.png og:image:alt: Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero **[Seytonic](https://daily.dev/sources/seytonic)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Flipper Zero, a multi-function hacking tool, has been banned in Brazil due to concerns of its use in criminal activities. However, there are no documented cases of crimes being committed with the Flipper Zero. Other countries have not yet followed suit in banning the device. The ban in Brazil may be a result of the large number of videos on social media showing the Flipper Zero being used to annoy people. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#paypal](https://daily.dev/tags/paypal) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr"},"datePublished":"2024-04-14T06:48:11.331Z","dateModified":"2024-04-14T06:48:10.666Z","description":"The Flipper Zero, a multi-function hacking tool, has been banned in Brazil due to concerns of its use in criminal activities. However, there are no documented...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMi3fqmiMZE/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMi3fqmiMZE/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Seytonic","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Seytonic","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--6ctEuxuh--/f_auto/v1713077138/logos/seytonic","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/seytonic"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-this-country-banned-the-flipper-zero-vvrcqffrr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"paypal","timeRequired":"PT8M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero","description":"The Flipper Zero, a multi-function hacking tool, has been banned in Brazil due to concerns of its use in criminal activities. However, there are no documented...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMi3fqmiMZE/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2024-04-14T06:48:11.331Z","duration":"PT8M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/VVRcQfFRR","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/qMi3fqmiMZE"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seytonic","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/seytonic"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why This Country Banned the Flipper Zero"}]} ```