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Comment on Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown
trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
So, rather than hold automakers accountable for not having proper and effective security practices you focus on a tool designed for security professionals.
This take is so unbelievably brain dead I’m surprised these people are able to breathe without machine assistance
anarchy79@lemmy.world 9 months ago
trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Direct quote from flipperzero.one:
Flipper Zero Multi-tool Device for Geeks Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It loves hacking digital stuff, such as radio protocols, access control systems, hardware, and more. It’s fully open-source and customizable, so you can extend it in whatever way you like.
Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks
multi-tool for pentesters
pentesters
Pentester or penetration tester is a cybersecurity professional that can be located on red team (offence) or blue team (defence) and works to determine potential vectors for attack that need to be rectified or exploited, depending on who they’re working for and what their goals are for their employer.
DrMango@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I mean of course the official website isn’t going to say “it’s a great tool for hackers and car thieves”
trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
A tool is just that, a tool.
Just because what you consider immoral or moral individuals use it doesn’t change the inherent nature of the tool to be used for specific circumstances. You’ll also notice I didn’t put any deterministic language when describing a penetration tester, because regardless of what side of the law they’re on they’re still cybersecurity professionals, it’s just that one side happens to pay better.
A knife can be used to dissect as well as it can be used to mutilate or even vivisect. How a tool is used is determined by the user not the creator.
Complaining that a few people use the item for nefarious purposes when the majority of problematic cases are issues at the developer level for the items being affected (i.e. vehicles) is extremely short sighted. Are you going to restrict all PC’s because they can be used for network intrusion?
Are you going to limit access to the internet because the freely available information can teach anyone to create a dirty bomb?
The premise of your outlook is inherently erroneous in my opinion.
dRail@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Auto makers are really bad about it. CAN Injection has been a thing for a while now. Cars are going IoT, and a flipper will be the least of the vulnerabilities as things progress.
Custoslibera@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve just had premonitions of cars crashing into each other in car parks when the ‘self parking’ mode is hacked…
arin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
As things progress, security should improve. Keyword SHOULD. But they don’t because good security ain’t cheap.