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Is this a shadow ad?

washadjeffmad 3y ago
Only if you're a middle class "the government wants to regulate it" buyer. The coworker who first brought Flipper up to me has opinions on the best gas station kratom and buys a gun every time Fox News says "riot". He has aspirations of becoming a pool card pirate king. I get valuing independence and self-reliance, but why not get into, I don't know, amateur radio?
- more_corn 3y ago
  As an owner of a flipper this caused self deprecating chuckle. You’re a bit too close for comfort. It’s probably a weird fringe trifle, but I had a lot of fun with it during a physical security review for a client. It’s super impressive to open their front door with the CEOs keycard cloned by standing next to him in the elevator. That being said you can buy a dedicated badge cloner on Amazon for $14 and it doesn’t work for fancy ones like what goog uses.
  - threeio 3y ago
    Honestly the hackRF was the tool we all had before the flipper zero, its just a better carry factor. also -- get into amateur radio, we need more hackers to offset the old people we are all turning into ;)
    - MandieD 3y ago
      I initially thought being called a YL was a bit of mockery since I’m over 40, but to most other hams, I am young. And seconded on the more hackers wanted! Don’t be put off getting a license because you’ve heard about grumpy (or worse) old men on the air - think of it as an RF experimentation permit. That’s what it was originally meant for.
  - MichaelZuo 3y ago
    I'm surprised the CEO's keycard would use outdated technology.
    - JohnFen 3y ago
      You'll be even more surprised to hear that the majority of keycard systems deployed use outdated technology.
- adamrezich 3y ago
  > I get valuing independence and self-reliance, but why not get into, I don't know, amateur radio? without any sort of statistical evidence whatsoever, I feel that the odds of any given Flipper Zero owner also owning at least one UV-5R is roughly 100%.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    Probably so. And I'm guessing a single-digit percentage of them have bothered to even put in the small amount of study required to get a radio technician's license so they can make good legal use of that radio.
    - washadjeffmad 3y ago
      Licenses are just the government's way of getting all the sheep to tag themselves. -SvrnCtzn1776 Sent from my iPhone
      - JohnFen 3y ago
        But even if you're inclined to think that way, your ID is not broadcast automatically by the radio. So if you want to be unidentified, you can just not identify yourself. But, in my view, you're broadcasting on the radio -- which immediately makes you trackable, license or not. The local HAM community in my area even has their own radio locators and when someone is causing a problem, they do track them down, knock on their door, and ask them to stop it.
    - adamrezich 3y ago
      guilty as charged on both counts! I'll get around to it someday. it really is something I'm interested in doing but I haven't found the time.
      - washadjeffmad 3y ago
        Just bringing this up because it's what stopped me as a teenager, but learning Morse code is no longer a requirement! Also, you'll probably want the book for street cred, but check out the free study guide: http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources

Only if you're a middle class "the government wants to regulate it" buyer. The coworker who first brought Flipper up to me has opinions on the best gas station kratom and buys a gun every time Fox News says "riot". He has aspirations of becoming a pool card pirate king. I get valuing independence and self-reliance, but why not get into, I don't know, amateur radio?

more_corn 3y ago
As an owner of a flipper this caused self deprecating chuckle. You’re a bit too close for comfort. It’s probably a weird fringe trifle, but I had a lot of fun with it during a physical security review for a client. It’s super impressive to open their front door with the CEOs keycard cloned by standing next to him in the elevator. That being said you can buy a dedicated badge cloner on Amazon for $14 and it doesn’t work for fancy ones like what goog uses.
- threeio 3y ago
  Honestly the hackRF was the tool we all had before the flipper zero, its just a better carry factor. also -- get into amateur radio, we need more hackers to offset the old people we are all turning into ;)
  - MandieD 3y ago
    I initially thought being called a YL was a bit of mockery since I’m over 40, but to most other hams, I am young. And seconded on the more hackers wanted! Don’t be put off getting a license because you’ve heard about grumpy (or worse) old men on the air - think of it as an RF experimentation permit. That’s what it was originally meant for.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  I'm surprised the CEO's keycard would use outdated technology.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    You'll be even more surprised to hear that the majority of keycard systems deployed use outdated technology.
adamrezich 3y ago
> I get valuing independence and self-reliance, but why not get into, I don't know, amateur radio? without any sort of statistical evidence whatsoever, I feel that the odds of any given Flipper Zero owner also owning at least one UV-5R is roughly 100%.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Probably so. And I'm guessing a single-digit percentage of them have bothered to even put in the small amount of study required to get a radio technician's license so they can make good legal use of that radio.
  - washadjeffmad 3y ago
    Licenses are just the government's way of getting all the sheep to tag themselves. -SvrnCtzn1776 Sent from my iPhone
    - JohnFen 3y ago
      But even if you're inclined to think that way, your ID is not broadcast automatically by the radio. So if you want to be unidentified, you can just not identify yourself. But, in my view, you're broadcasting on the radio -- which immediately makes you trackable, license or not. The local HAM community in my area even has their own radio locators and when someone is causing a problem, they do track them down, knock on their door, and ask them to stop it.
  - adamrezich 3y ago
    guilty as charged on both counts! I'll get around to it someday. it really is something I'm interested in doing but I haven't found the time.
    - washadjeffmad 3y ago
      Just bringing this up because it's what stopped me as a teenager, but learning Morse code is no longer a requirement! Also, you'll probably want the book for street cred, but check out the free study guide: http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources