Re:UK airport confiscates passenger's Flipper Zero
by Kiuhrly1 on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:38PM
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a more mature response might be something along the lines of "I'm a cybersecurity researcher/hobbyist and the device is used to communicate with other electronics for the purposes of security research", although that argument doesn't exactly have a good track record with law enforcement in many countries...
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Re:UK airport confiscates passenger's Flipper Zero
by resoluteteeth on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:09PM
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"it's a device for analyzing wireless signals"
Re:UK airport confiscates passenger's Flipper Zero
by jstarfish on Saturday September 30, 2023 @12:23AM
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Even that is saying too much.
It's vague, nontechnical and invites follow-up questions, and implies you're the type who'll tamper with the aircraft in flight.
It's also repetitive enough to come across as improvised. "As a private investigator, I use this tool to...investigate privates." I'd flag you.
Sibling comment nails it-- "it's a wireless signal analyzer." Gets right to the point, sounds legit and implies safety through read-only operation.