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Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Re: Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

roughly wrote: post #2

I’ve had one of these guys sitting around for a while - love the hardware, love the concept, but I haven’t really found a lot of use for it - what are y’all using them for?

Yeah I’m in the same boat.

Had it a few years and the whole Tesla port trick gets old quickly.

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Post by twosdai »

roughly wrote: post #2

I’ve had one of these guys sitting around for a while - love the hardware, love the concept, but I haven’t really found a lot of use for it - what are y’all using them for?

Just a party gag so far with some friends. Like if I'm at a friend's house and they're using their phone I'll Bluetooth spam them to lock up their phone for a second to mess with them.

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Post by rubatuga »

roughly wrote: post #2

I’ve had one of these guys sitting around for a while - love the hardware, love the concept, but I haven’t really found a lot of use for it - what are y’all using them for?

Some people are using them to break smart meters:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36253591

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Post by gleenn »

roughly wrote: post #2

I’ve had one of these guys sitting around for a while - love the hardware, love the concept, but I haven’t really found a lot of use for it - what are y’all using them for?

My friend found out the school he sysadmins for was using weak rfid card keys (despite the readers being smart enough to handle higher level encryption) and found he could clone his key and get in places. So basically he pen tested and then they decided to upgrade to the less or non-cloneable card keys. Security for the win.

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Post by boopmaster »

roughly wrote: post #2

I’ve had one of these guys sitting around for a while - love the hardware, love the concept, but I haven’t really found a lot of use for it - what are y’all using them for?

I’m also in this place. I have the wifi card as well and I’ve not taken to writing any hobbyist software for mine.

I had perhaps foolishly hoped to at least get a fun universal remote out of it, and it’s somewhat possible yet the software just isn’t there to bring a robust family of device RF and Bluetooth commands together. It’s no harmony remote.

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