What’s Flipper Zero and What Dangers Did It Bring

yeah if you were born in the 70s or 80s you probably know what Tamagotchi is for our younger audience Tamagotchi is a keychain-sized virtual pet simulation game but it's also what gave Alex Culligan and Pavel jovna the idea to make a small portable ethical hacking device better known as flipper zero flipper zero is a tiny piece of Hardware that can interact with digital systems in real life it becomes more and more powerful as you use it with this toy no access control system will stand in your way it allows you to explore radio frequency identifications radio protocols and even debug Hardware using its gpio pins the main idea behind flipper 0 is to combine all the research and penetration hardware tools that you could need on the go in a single case it's designed with the convenience of everyday usage in mind it has a robust case handy buttons and shape so there are no dirty pcbs or scratchy pins flipper turns your projects into a game reminding you that development should always be fun it's 256 kilobytes of RAM and one megabyte of flash storage are more than enough and when combined with the cc1101 radio transmitting chip that has a radio frequency range of 300 to 900 megahertz and a dual core processor it gets a full cyber personality since its release in August 2020 the users have figured out a whole lot of interesting things they can do with flipper 0. for example read save and emulate NFC as well as RFID bypass the security on some Sentry Safe electronic safes control any device with its Universal infrared remote control open parking Gates and much more now some of these May May pose a danger getting free parking will make a loss of only a couple of bucks unlike reading info on an individual's debit card as already mentioned flipper 0 can read NFC but luckily it cannot decode the card's encrypted security code the two biggest dangers flipper zero poses are its ability to read and emit car key fob signals and give access to areas controlled by an access card system most car keys are protected with a rolling code which is Invincible even by flipper zero but many Honda key fobs don't use rolling codes and send the same unlock signal allowing the attacker to open the vehicle after capturing the unlock code once to make things even worse they're not talking about the older Hondas they can also get unlocked with this toy but we're talking about their newer Vehicles whose Keys also don't use a rolling code if you thought your home is safe just because anyone that wants to get inside must have a key card it's not controlled by a five position directional pad it's able to explore Access Control Systems using common scripts and functions stored on board and if that's not enough you can always download third-party applications on your flipper 0 which will allow you even deeper Dives on the 7th of April 2023 Amazon banned sales of The Flipper 0 after the device was marked as a card skimming device only Wi-Fi development boards screen protectors and cases were available from the site after the ban so is there a reason to worry and is flipper zero worth 169 since most people who own this device use it to prank Everyone by controlling their TVs and other devices a reason to worry is not present if you're not a technology geek then getting a flipper zero is not worth it but if you've got plans you can't share with anyone then it may be worth it thank you

Channel: Interesting Engineering

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Keywords: engineering, science, technology, interesting engineering, interesting, tamagotchi, flipper zero, virtual pet, simulation game, ethical hacking device, alex kulagin, pavel zhovner, compact exterior, versatile, nfc, rfid, electronic safe security, ethical questions, car key fobs, access control systems, amazon, banned sales, card skimming device, tech enthusiasts, digital aspirations, exciting possibilities, digital realm.

Id: T2yOh_SbPs0

Length: 4min 10sec (250 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 15 2023