Comment on Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
Donkter@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This article convinced me to buy a flipper (I’ve been debating it for years). It’s a super useful item that is absolutely going to get banned/hamstrung any day now for putting too much power into people’s hands under the guise of “public safety”.
I want it because it’s so easy to use. I’m no hacker, but with a tool as convenient as this I’m sure I can piece some useful hacks together.
github.com/Next-Flip/Momentum-Firmware
You’re gonna want this. Removes the locked down parts of the OFW, among other quality of life improvements.
github.com/djsime1/awesome-flipperzero
Also this. Bunch of files to help you get started. Uberguidoz repo (linked there) especially.
It’s not the firmware in the article but if you want that you’ll have to find that loser’s telegram yourself and pay him for serial locked horse shit.
Canada already banned it. Wish I’d got one sooner
Pretty sure that ban was walked back?
It was indeed. My apologies. I guess the article walking back the ban didn’t get as much traction as the one banning it.
No apologies needed. Although, ordering one before they reban it again may or may not be something to consider.
It’s cool but not magic. If you’re trying to fuck with something, you need to know what frequency it’s on and what sort of signals do what. There is a bunch of preloaded stuff though, and a wide variety of tools like radio frequencies, nfc, Bluetooth, rfid, and infrared. So far the most useful thing I’ve done is turn the volume down on fox News on tvs in public areas.
Oh one thing I still have to try: some, maybe most handicap buttons for doors are actually radio frequency based and not hard wired, so if you can capture and replay the open signal, you could open a door without hitting the button and look totally jedi.
You can already do that by making the hand motion at an automatic door.
If someone ever calls you on it, just say that you find their lack of faith disturbing.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I did this the last time an article about Flipper Zero’s hacking abilities went viral. I was worried about the same thing. Never came to pass, but now I use it to find microchips in lost animals so it was worth it.