SDR devices with usb support and controlled by android apps is very much already a thing.
Comment on Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
dorumon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yes let me stalk someone to steal their car temporarily. Honestly this thing is kinda a toy on par with my rooted LG V20 with its IR blaster and USB C port that I can plug anything into or my HP stream with a software defined radio I played around with. These people are kinda making software for the wrong type of devices to be frank with ya and I cannot wait until someone makes some weird app and USB C dongle for an android phone to replace the Flipper Zero with. You don’t even need to have root access for this as apps can just take over the USB port anyway on your phone.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
dorumon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah exactly no root access required.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 days ago
I think you’re missing the point this article is trying to make… It’s not an advertisement for Flipper Zero, it’s a scare piece implyoing the devices’ existence is bad
dorumon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Honestly yeah that does also kinda piss me off because my phone or laptop can essentially already do the same stuff. Like this toy is basically getting mixed up as some actual hacking tool while in reality it’s just a little dinky device that you can do cool things with. Like control your TV or have it shout back RF at things. The entire main purpose of this device is to serve as a digital pet to maintain which I think is cute and charming. I’m probably definitely going to buy one in the future to piss off my local government.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Tbh the point isn’t really the tamagotchi, it’s all the other stuff it can do (like control your TV lmao, among other things.)
In fact most people immediately ditch the kneecapped OFW for something like momentum that lets you control the dolphin meter/your levels at will, and even use different asset packs or create your own animations (like me! I stole them from .gifs sure but I turned them into flipper anims!)