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Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by makeworld »

findalex wrote: post #63
samstave wrote: post #21

Is there ANY way to detect the presence of one of these devices, OR the use of a device when a tag ID is scanned? The reason that I ask, is that I was on the design team for lockheed when we were selling RFID tags for shipping containers at a shitload per pop... (123 and 433 mhz) and I brought up we had zero auth on any of our systems... and was just told to not speak about it.

Are these devices even technically legal to operate in the USA? I thought 433mhz was reserved for exactly what you say - tags for shipping containers. If you use a LoRa devices in the USA I think you are supposed to be >~850mhz.

The stock firmware has region-locked frequencies, so you can't transmit on frequencies illegal for your region. There is custom firmware that removes that limitation however.

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by somesayitsluck »

bdefore wrote: post #15

Poked around the start guide and the site but couldn't find much about what the Flipper Zero does.

Seriously, I thought I was crazy for not being able to figure out what this device actually does, despite scrolling through the whole site.

I still thought it would be an mp3 player after reading about the battery modes and the sd card installation and the file system menu...then I gave up.

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by Arainach »

amelius wrote: post #67
kstrauser wrote: post #48

I've never wanted something so badly that I didn't even know existed until 5 minutes ago.

Resist the urge. Your smartphone is far more powerful.

In what sense? My phone doesn't have a programmable radio I have access to, can't do RFID and doesn't have GFIO pins for accessories. Its NFC is unreliable - I've programmed tags with it and it's miserable. It has no IR transmitter or receiver, no MicroSD slot. In fact my cell phone does almost nothing the Flipper Zero does except Bluetooth.

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

1123581321 wrote: post #73
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #70

Very cool. Good luck with it. I'll get one, but I'll wait for the dust to settle. My "early adopter" days are few, and carefully managed.

You’re saying you’re trying something even cooler? Do share. :)

Nope. I just don't have an excuse to get one of these for business reasons, and my dance card is pretty full. This looks like a toy that I'd spend a lot of time playing with (I'd probably be interested in writing an iOS/Watch app for it, but, like I said, my dance card, full, it is...).

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by evgen »

Melatonic wrote: post #65

The dolphin reminds me of the one from that movie with Keanu where they are constantly doing a bunch of cheesy mind hacking!

Johnny Mnemonic from the Burning Chrome short story collection by Gibson. A staple of the cyberpunk bookshelf from the late 80s, and yes a very cheesy Keanu film...

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by dang »

Related:

Shipping Started - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30024255 - Jan 2022 (3 comments)

Diving into RFID Protocols with Flipper Zero - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28618679 - Sept 2021 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero Firmware Is Now Open Source - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28461299 - Sept 2021 (6 comments)

Taking over TVs with Flipper Zero Infrared Port - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28013900 - July 2021 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero: How it’s made and tested - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27704883 - July 2021 (31 comments)

Flipper’s Electronics: How It's Made and Tested - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27689787 - June 2021 (3 comments)

Taming iButton Keys with Flipper Zero - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27531914 - June 2021 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero: Bringing Cases to Perfection - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27479684 - June 2021 (6 comments)

Case manufacturing behind the scenes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27155584 - May 2021 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero: Tamagochi for Hackers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26405919 - March 2021 (48 comments)

Flipper Zero Manufacturing and Shipping Plan - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25870255 - Jan 2021 (14 comments)

Flipper Zero (Repository will be open in public soon) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24090716 - Aug 2020 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero – Tamagochi for Hackers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996733 - July 2020 (53 comments)

Show HN: Flipper Zero – Tamagotchi for Hackers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22941733 - April 2020 (10 comments)

Tamagotchi for Hackers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22859083 - April 2020 (1 comment)

Flipper Zero: Under Development Multi-Tool Device for Pen-Testers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21842830 - Dec 2019 (1 comment)

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by zhovner »

NietzscheanNull wrote: post #55

I received mine recently, and I’ve been consistently impressed at both the build quality and overall attention to detail. I know many Kickstarter projects (and hardware startups in general) end up aggressively compromising on features and construction to meet deadlines and cut down on BOM costs, so I was very pleased to see no evidence of that with the Flipper Zero. It’s one of those products where you can immediatel…

Thank you so much. Shared your comment to the team.

Re: Quick Start Guide for Flipper Zero

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Post by floss_silicate »

bdefore wrote: post #17
musingsole wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The home page ( https://flipperzero.one/ ) has a rather prominent "What is Flipper Zero" section

Much better thanks. I see now what my mistake was: clicking the logo in top left of TFA takes you to blog.flipperzero.one when I was expecting it to be what you've linked.

Two decades of blogging and still every company blog links to the blog index, not the brand homepage.
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