It's probably a flipper zero. There is a Bluetooth iOS spamming script which can cause the devices to freeze or crash.
Link to the script? I have a F0 and would like to try it
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#12I'll just be a Flipper Zero with a new Firmware - https://github.com/Flipper-XFW/Xtreme-Firmware Maybe something else but this is the easiest/most obvious.
I don't really understand why this is mainstream news. It's happened before, because it's harmless and funny - https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/30/device-brought-tennessee-hig...
In a world where the loser Doomers think China/Aliens can cripple us with a cyberattack this is exactly what is needed more to make people harden their phones, aka run updates.
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#13"nearby" + plaform specificity? This screams Bluetooth.
Side note: iOS's BT stack has a handful of oddly specific requirements for peripherals. It wouldn't surprise me that those requirements precipitate from... cough design oversights.
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#14If that kid (and their parents consent) is on HN I’d like to buy them a soda and see about hiring them as an intern. we’re both in the DC area and I have a few interesting robotics projects for aspiring hackers
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#15"nearby" + plaform specificity? This screams Bluetooth. Side note: iOS's BT stack has a handful of oddly specific requirements for peripherals. It wouldn't surprise me that those requirements precipitate from... cough design oversights.
This was around a decade ago, but I remember having a use case where sending too much data to the Bluetooth stack on iPhone would crash the Bluetooth stack so hard that only a factory reset would fix it.
I have no doubt that lingering vulnerabilities exist in that stack.
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#16It's probably a flipper zero. There is a Bluetooth iOS spamming script which can cause the devices to freeze or crash.
Wow, what a funky little device! Thanks for the lead, I might have to pick up one of these things. It looks good for hacking but is it hackable itself? An exposed JTAG port would have this thing shipping to my home right now.
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#17Oh no my phone turned off. Someone call the police.
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#18Oh no my phone turned off. Someone call the police.
Do this in the wrong school district and they'll put you in prison. Absolutely ridiculous.
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#19It's probably a flipper zero. There is a Bluetooth iOS spamming script which can cause the devices to freeze or crash.
Wow, what a funky little device! Thanks for the lead, I might have to pick up one of these things. It looks good for hack ing but is it hack able itself? An exposed JTAG port would have this thing shipping to my home right now.
The firmware is open source, and third party software already exists
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#20Oh no my phone turned off. Someone call the police.
But how? My phone is off!