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New York's mayor-elect banned Raspberry Pi devices from his inauguration block party, listing them alongside explosives, weapons, and Flipper Zero devices. While the Flipper Zero has known capabilities for cloning RFID cards and manipulating wireless communications, the Raspberry Pi ban appears less justified since the single-board computers are less portable and conspicuous. Critics note the ban is futile since smartphones could perform similar malicious functions, and it unfairly tarnishes a device widely used in education and creative projects.

New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at inauguration

People find anything to be mad about. Why would you need/want to bring your Pi to the inauguration lol

It’s his inauguration, he can ban whatever he wants.I was scared he banned them in the city, although how would you even define what it is?

For smartphones to do the same thing it will be more complicated to do something malicious with I beleive. So more or less banning such boards might make sense for security purposes during an inauguration.