Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown : technology

[–] jdw@links.mayhem.academy 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem, of course, is distinguishing between harmless and harmful use. There are painfully few things that are objectively good or bad.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like buying a bunch of Flipper Zero devices and selling them on the street corner is a great investment opportunity

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

WTB.

I'm in the US. PM me with your scalper prices.

[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one -3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Can you even buy these without ending up on a list somewhere? Since its only sold online this feels like the kind of thing that gets you on a list

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[–] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca -5 points 9 months ago

Why is that shit even legal?

[+] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today -6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

I could care less about cars, but this thing has hacked glucose pumps and led to a St Jude's pacemaker recall, so fuck em. People can have their toys back after manufacturers of literally everything are better regulated. Until then, it's a weapon.

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[+] Clbull@lemmy.world -7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

This is about more than just cars. Anything that uses RFID, NFC, etc, such as an employee badge or even contactless credit/debit card payments, are vulnerable to such an attack.

Jason Thor Hall (ex-Blizzard employee) explains how such things can be used in social engineering attacks. A Proxmark is a similar device to the Flipper Zero.

Regardless of whether it's open source hardware/technology, should we be authorising sales of such prebuilt devices for $170 which can allow the average Joe to break into an office or steal a car?

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 9 months ago

I'd argue that these devices are so cheap and so capable that it exposes the poor security that is rampant everywhere. Banning them wont stop similar devices from being made and used criminally. Instead this should be a wake up call to everyone about which forms of communication or authentication are largely ineffective.

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