The tech used here is the popular Flipper Zero, an ethical hacker’s swiss army knife, capable of all sorts of things such as WiFi attacks or emulating NFC tags. Now, 404 Media has found an underground trade where much shadier hackers sell extra software and patches for the Flipper Zero to unlock all manner of cars, including models popular in the U.S. The hackers say the tool can be used against Ford, Audi, Volkswagen, Subaru, Hyundai, Kia, and several other brands, including sometimes dozens of specific vehicle models, with no easy fix from car manufacturers.
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- Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
It is true that this device can be used nefariously. But it’s just a computer with a wide variety of very basic and common communication methods along with software to exploit them. There are many other computers like it that are just less popular. And to ban it is to ban said basic communication hardware like radio, WiFi, NFC, etc.
The solution is to mandate companies to provide a minimum level of security. Even giant companies with good reputations have giant security holes, like Apple or your bank, implementing mandatory SMS as 2FA. That shit should be illegal.
- 1 year
Fear of the Flipper Zero is fear of people having direct control of consumer grade radio hardware. “You can’t let people have universal TV remotes, what if they push the buttons?!”
- cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish1 year
And here I am just using my flipper zero to turn my fan on and off since the remote that came with it sucks.
1 yearI like to hijack the robot vacuum when I go to DnD and ring my parents doorbell when I visit.
- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 year
I’m fond of skipping Kid Rock songs on the local dive bar’s touchtunes.
I would let all the power go to my head with that one. Not that I go outside, let alone to bars.
- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 year
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, unless you want to hear Kid Rock butcher Sweet Home Alabama (which itself butchered Werewolves of London, and was only still good because you can hear Van Zandt drop his donuts, goddamn, in the back of the track) for the fourth time tonight.
Didn’t Sweet home Alabama precede Werewolves of London? Also, what does “drop his donuts” mean in this context?
- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 year
Yes, which is why it’s weird they were able to steal it, gol’dang time travelers. No I wasn’t mistaken, time travelers. No I’m not bias because Warren Zevon rules, I said time travelers.
“Drop his donuts” means his dough circles fell off a table during the studio recording. You can hear him say “my donuts! Goddamn!” in the back of the track, it’s hilarious.
I use it at work to clone a customer’s proximity card when I work in their building so they don’t have to leave me theirs to get around. The one legitimate use I found.
I guess being able to trigger the customer service announcement without having to find a button in a store is nice.
- MartianSands@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 year
That’s probably debatable, if they have permission. They probably shouldn’t have been given permission, but that’s a separate issue
