Mine arrived this week :) No idea how to use it yet though
Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who just ordered one to the EU, you people in the US finally get a taste of your own medicine :) I can't even recount how many times I've wanted to order something, and not until the final step before doing the payment they put up a "Sorry, we only accept orders within the US & Canada".
I'd like to order one as well (EU, too), but I'm a bit repelled by the $35 tax on top of the price. Did you pay the same tax? Did you research whether you'll have to pay customs fees as well?
Order total: ~$300, where ~$50 is taxes and ~$50 is shipping. I did not research any customs fees, as I've been craving the device since I came across this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31534257 (2 months ago), so don't really care about the custom fees.
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#63Would something like this be a good way for a beginner to get into hardware hacking, or is it more for intermediate-advanced level hackers?
Flipper zero is more aimed at wireless hacking. Which is very cool, it's a fairly unexplored area of hacking (due to traditionally high barrier of entry), but is a subset of "hardware hacking". For general hardware hacking I'd get a pirate bus ($30), and a saelae logic clone (cheap). Maybe a nice cheap oscilloscope (but they go for $300+), but logic clone can get you mostly there.
There's a load of GPIO on it too
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#64Popular security researchers have claimed that the Flipper Zero website is a honeypot site.
> Popular security researchers
Can you point out even one?
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#66What's the legality of something like this?
The radio side of things is very locked-down, you can only transmit in the bands allowed by the region for which it's sold.
cough https://github.com/Eng1n33r/flipperzero-firmware cough
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#67Anyone else having issues ordering? Apple Pay fails, and manual checkout says it can't be shipped to my address. It's a normal US residential address. Edit: According to their forums, "There are no US region (R02) flippers in stock at the moment." https://forum.flipperzero.one/t/unable-to-place-order/4251/4
I'm still waiting for my Kickstarter version (suposideley by July 26th) and as one of the first few backers I would hope I receive mine before others can just go buy one... Yes I live in Switzerland but it's not at the edge or the world. Most have received theirs already but Swiss people had to wait a while...
Also in Europe area, still waiting. I think its with the notoriously slow last mile carrier that never updates tracking, so maybe next week or two...
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#68Can anyone provide examples on how to use this? The FAQ and Blog have a ton of info on what it is and how to get it, but I don't see anything on why.
I saw this 24 minute exhaustive review before ordering one last week: https://youtu.be/1qp78fiDD5M
the lighting on this gives an ominous/mysterious feel to the video. like being under a blanket with a flashlight so nobody can see what you're doing.
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#69Can anyone provide examples on how to use this? The FAQ and Blog have a ton of info on what it is and how to get it, but I don't see anything on why.
I use mine as a remote for a lot of things: My front gate, my parents front gate, and any other front gate (check your local laws before doing this). Controlling a lamp I have (works with any device I've tried that uses 433mhz) Backup remote for my TV (the Flipper infrared UI is kinda clunky but it works) Backing copies of NFC cards And most importantly, you can use it to turn the pages during a PowerPoint presentati…
> And most importantly, you can use it to turn the pages during a PowerPoint presentation
Ah, so it's a business expense!
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#70I just got mine a couple of days ago. I'm really impressed with how well its built and how polished the software is. It is much more polished than any other similar (useful!) hacking/debugging hobbyist devices I've bought. Its clear a lot of thought and care has gone into it.
Just received mine (today). What is also amazing is the community, there are already custom firmware, extension and guides You can find a list here: https://github.com/djsime1/awesome-flipperzero
Nice, that's me sorted for tonight, cheers mate