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Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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What's the legality of something like this?

It's fine as it's not mass produced single purpose hardware like your wifi router. Just don't use it to break into your neighbors garage and you'll be fine and don't hook it up to a 500 watt wireless repeater/amplifier.

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#103

I would guess that with a couple of Flipper Zeros you could easily implement keyfobs/BT relay attacks?

Why would you need "a couple"?

One for capture and one for replay so you can do it from afar, I assume.

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#105

Would this allow me to reverse engineer Bluetooth packets? I’ve been wanting to for some stuff I want to tie into home assistant.

probably not. Bluetooth is encrypted so unless you have NSA level resources or the password/secrets involved you'll be out of luck.

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#106
post #28

Just wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out how to order. It kept saying no shipping rates found for my address. Turns out they aren't allowing US orders at the moment but they don't actually say that on the website you just get a cryptic shipping rates message. Not the greatest experience.

Not great but I’d cut them some slack. Designing hardware, software, a billing system, a website, production, shipping… I’m part of a two man hardware company and it’s a miracle it’s even possible.

The web is funny tho - an order page is just an order page - if it was built by a trillion dollar company or a startup barely paying rent - we go in with the same expectations.

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#107

PSA: the main benefit of this s the ease of use, due to a lcd display, buttons and software support. If you're familiar with arduino/esp* programming, you can get the components (eg. esp32, cc1101, nfc reader, and infrared transciever) for a lot cheaper on aliexpress or your local reseller, and all of those things are in stock. (or in other words, if you're one of those people who buy stuff like this, play with it fo…

"Usability" of software/hardware is often the biggest barrier for people looking to learn these kinds of skills. I applaud their effort, I would love to see more development and hacking tools take this approach.

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#108

Popular security researchers have claimed that the Flipper Zero website is a honeypot site.

Well don't use your credit card. What else are they gonna get? There is nothing illegal about a wifi dev device and they aren't hiding anything. You can order it anywhere if you're willing to pay

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

#109
Just got mine a few days ago (EU based). Well built, works as promised. But I find that it mostly works for simple things like controlling lights, tv etc. Most interesting targets use proper encryption (mifare classic for example) so I had no luck accessing my company badge. Mifare Desire data cannot be read properly at the moment it seems, but I'm sure that will be fixed. Fun little tool, will probably end up in a drawer soon.

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

#110

Anyone 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...

From Switzerland, too. I have seen their shipping map — apparently, they haven't started shipping to Switzerland yet, as we are not in the EU :(
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