Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a scapegoat

Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by dmonitor on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:17PM (#39386206)

i’d be more forgiving of the device if it had practical utility beyond “fucking up other people’s shit”. for me it’s in the same category as stink bombs, glitter bombs, and vuvuzelas.

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by kstrauser on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:49PM (#39386688)

I use mine as a handy NFC reader/writer, and for emulating a handful of badges and key fobs so I don't have to carry them all around with me.

So are you more forgiving of it now?

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by galleywest200 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @02:20PM (#39387195)

I use mine to open my own garage door and I use the GPIO pins to check if some of my I2C devices on my breadboards are using the correct address they are supposed to be using.

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by wwweston on Thursday February 15, 2024 @02:30PM (#39387344)

Does this mean your garage door doesn't have rolling codes, or does it mean that you know how to make the flipper work with that?

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Re:Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a sc... by blueelephanttea on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:27PM (#39388290)

Presumably since they have access to their own garage door the Flipper can be synced as a new remote without any "hacking" or brute forcing rolling codes.

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