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The Discord server is terrible. It’s both overrun with kids and yet also weirdly harshly moderated. The device itself is fantastic though. Gives me some real P

The Discord server is terrible. It’s both overrun with kids and yet also weirdly harshly moderated. The device itself is fantastic though. Gives me some real Pebble vibes in all of the best ways. It’s very hackable and even though I don’t do crazy pentest things with it, it’s just an overall fun device.

MOARDONGZPLZ 3y ago
The reddit is the same way. All the threads are new people asking how to use it to “have fun” by “hacking” vending machines and stuff, or for help convincing their parents to let them get one, or whether it’s worth their allowance to get. I do have one, I think it’s a fun thing to have in my bag, but haven’t had any luck finding forums of responsible adults, or even just adults, discussing development or things to do with it. Even the “adults” who post about it inevitably do something like get fired because they take it to work and try to clone their own badges and the enter their work with the flipper. Sorry for the rant.
- cruffle_duffle 3y ago
  Was going to say the exact same thing about /r/flipperzero. It feels more like a fan subreddit full of kids, which.... ain't my scene at all. People on that subreddit make it seem like it is this amazing thing that will get you in jail or something for posessing. ... But after owning one? I dunno. It's a neat gadget but to be honest about the only practical thing I've got out of it is cloning our apartment keyfobs and duplicating hotel cardkeys. Otherwise it's kinda fun opening up tesla charge doors and messing with iphones using Bluetooth LE. Somebody somewhere was starting a project to add CANbus support, which would be a perfect fit for the device. I feel like the ecosystem needs a better way to add "apps" to the device. I might be missing something but it doesn't really have any official app registry or anything. Something like you'd see for npm, pypi, or platformio.
- evilduck 3y ago
  There's a ton of TikTok/Instagram nonsense showing it out in the world doing those things. A large volume of the stuff you can do with it is just spoofing a USB keyboard and running console commands. You could do that for years with tons of existing microcontrollers the price of a hotdog, but suddenly script kiddies have taken notice and are willing to pay 100x for the ability.

MOARDONGZPLZ 3y ago

The reddit is the same way. All the threads are new people asking how to use it to “have fun” by “hacking” vending machines and stuff, or for help convincing their parents to let them get one, or whether it’s worth their allowance to get. I do have one, I think it’s a fun thing to have in my bag, but haven’t had any luck finding forums of responsible adults, or even just adults, discussing development or things to do with it. Even the “adults” who post about it inevitably do something like get fired because they take it to work and try to clone their own badges and the enter their work with the flipper. Sorry for the rant.

cruffle_duffle 3y ago
Was going to say the exact same thing about /r/flipperzero. It feels more like a fan subreddit full of kids, which.... ain't my scene at all. People on that subreddit make it seem like it is this amazing thing that will get you in jail or something for posessing. ... But after owning one? I dunno. It's a neat gadget but to be honest about the only practical thing I've got out of it is cloning our apartment keyfobs and duplicating hotel cardkeys. Otherwise it's kinda fun opening up tesla charge doors and messing with iphones using Bluetooth LE. Somebody somewhere was starting a project to add CANbus support, which would be a perfect fit for the device. I feel like the ecosystem needs a better way to add "apps" to the device. I might be missing something but it doesn't really have any official app registry or anything. Something like you'd see for npm, pypi, or platformio.
evilduck 3y ago
There's a ton of TikTok/Instagram nonsense showing it out in the world doing those things. A large volume of the stuff you can do with it is just spoofing a USB keyboard and running console commands. You could do that for years with tons of existing microcontrollers the price of a hotdog, but suddenly script kiddies have taken notice and are willing to pay 100x for the ability.