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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    18 days ago

    And here I am just using my flipper zero to turn my fan on and off since the remote that came with it sucks.

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      18 days ago

      I like to hijack the robot vacuum when I go to DnD and ring my parents doorbell when I visit.

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          18 days ago

          I would let all the power go to my head with that one. Not that I go outside, let alone to bars.

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            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.

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              Didn’t Sweet home Alabama precede Werewolves of London? Also, what does “drop his donuts” mean in this context?

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                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.

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      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.

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          That’s probably debatable, if they have permission. They probably shouldn’t have been given permission, but that’s a separate issue

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            I usually do it when we take over a customer’s access control system and we have half their doors on the new system and half in the old still and are migrating them over. I’m an electronic security tech, this is what I do for a living.

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          18 days ago

          le·git·i·mate adjective /ləˈjidəmət/

          1. conforming to the law or to rules.

          “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” - Aleister Crowley

          seems legit to me…