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I backed the Flipper Zero on Kickstarter and got mine some months ago.

Now, initially, I did some pretty basic things with it - loaded all my remotes into it, tinkered with NFC, opened a Tesla's charge door. You know, the usual. I've even gotten pretty good at Snake on it, because I can.

Then I started seeing TikTok videos and reading the comments on them, and man, this thing is wild. They told me about all the cool shit it can do, so naturally I started experimenting!

To date, I've:

- Overridden drone controls and organized a dozen stolen drones into a bomber wing to harass local wildlife.

- Taken over a Tesla entirely. I didn't keep it. Just drove it around the parking lot like a really expensive remote control car. Then I changed the horn to the theme song from the old Flipper TV show, for science.

- Discovered the human 'off switch.' I didn't realize such a thing existed until I saw a TikTok video that pointed out the app on GitHub. Download it and put it on the Flipper. Run it, point the IR window at the person in question and click! Human off. There is the very minor detail that this is generally referred to as, in TikTok parlance, unaliving them. Don't recommend doing this to people regularly.

- Found the AI function, but then shit got weird. It stole my car. I don't mean I stole a car with it, I mean *it* stole *my* car. I drive stick. How the fuck does something without arms, let alone hands, drive stick? How does it even see!?

- After I got it back, I figured out the right frequency to tap into those mind control chips they put in the COVID vaccine. Problem is the Flipper AI realized what I was doing, and I don't think I'm the one forming the mind controlled army anymore. Send help, before it's too late. I don't think the tinfoil is working anymore...

10/10. Would back again.

#satire #FlipperZero #IReadTheComments

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in reply to Laren

For real, though - TikTok thinks the Flipper does some wild shit, I swear.
in reply to Laren

Not just TikTok, before I stopped looking, people would show up on their Discord and subreddit expecting some Watch Dogs level instant hacking device!
in reply to Tony

@orlovsky I've been on the discord for a while, and... Yeah, that about sums it up.

"No, a ton of people are not just carrying around pipe bombs, and even if they were, the Flipper is not something you could use to set them off."

Why *is* everyone in watch dogs carrying around pipe bombs anyway? And why are all of them networked?

"Introducing new CTos IED edition. We really expect this one's popularity to be a big bang once it hits the market..."

@Tony
in reply to alissa

@dnsprincess 😁 This is what happens when I see one too many comments to the effect of "bet a Flipper could do it!"

Like, it's cool, and I've had some (actual) fun with it, but yikes.

in reply to Laren

one of the most practical things I've seen is using Flipper to trick old 2.4ghz wifi routers into doing 5ghz. Easy upgrades!
in reply to Laren

this made my morning coffee oh so much better. 😂😂
in reply to Laren

One of many Kickstarters I somehow don't hear of until they're over / shipping. I'm really hoping they do another wave of US orders soon, it looks like a really useful tool.
in reply to Laren

Us old farts already knew about the human off switch, because we watched “My Living Doll” with Julie Newmar on TV in the ‘60s.
in reply to Laren

Now I need to see if it can decrypt the data in a mnemonic courier.
in reply to Hexorg

@hexorg I wish I could watch Johnny Mnemonic like I used to.

Nowadays I watch it and just think "Dude, a flash drive that size is like $40, order it next day on Amazon."

in reply to Hexorg

@hexorg Yep. I mean, I know flash memory was a little more expensive back then, but I'm pretty sure some cybernetics weren't much cheaper...
in reply to Laren

Listen, storing it securely is the problem, not storing it!

Just assume that's true.

in reply to Laren

The Good Times Virus lives on, and its name is now "Flipper Zero".

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to replace all of this ice cream and see my doctor about a treatment for Dutch Elm Disease.

in reply to Laren

but you didn’t mention what level you got to on snake?