[HN Gopher] Open-Source Flipper Zero Firmware: Unlock Your Devic...
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Open-Source Flipper Zero Firmware: Unlock Your Device's Full
Potential
Author : ByteSurge
Score : 30 points
Date : 2024-09-29 21:28 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| metadat wrote:
| What does this unlock that the standard stock Flipper Zero does
| not?
| pnw wrote:
| Nothing. This is the official firmware repo.
| metadat wrote:
| Then why does it say "Unlock"? Nothing burger?
| andkenneth wrote:
| I feel like every time this device shows up I need to yell from
| the rooftops how dangerous(and illegal) some of the wifi and
| Bluetooth attacks can be. Even if it's totally baffling WHY any
| safety critical devices including industrial cranes and
| pacemakers have consumer radios in them, that doesn't make you
| less responsible when you crash tons of metal into someones skull
| or stop someone's heart.
|
| Cool device, and I'm not saying it should be illegal or anything,
| but I've met people who have zero clue with these devices and
| it's a bit scary.
| gjsman-1000 wrote:
| If that is true (and I'm from the US); I remind myself about
| how if there are just 50,000 trained agents in that haystack of
| 2M+ illegal crossings every year from a country that hates us
| (to clarify, China, North Korea, Russia through Mexico) we
| could be so screwed. 500 agents for each of the top 100 cities,
| with tools that make Flipper look like a toy.
| aftbit wrote:
| It is certainly possible for a small group to cause
| disproportionate harm. Physical access is a powerful tool.
|
| Then again, what is worse than a small group who hates? A
| large group who doesn't care.
| morpheuskafka wrote:
| > 2M+ illegal crossings every year from a country that hates
| us
|
| Huh? Since when does Mexico hate America? Many Mexicans like
| visiting America for shopping and sightseeing, which is why
| over 2.3M were issued visitor visas in 2023 alone. Mexicans
| living in American tend to be very hardworking and friendly.
| Also, I thought most of the people crossing illegally are
| originally coming from points south of Mexico?
| gjsman-1000 wrote:
| No, there's another 2M _illegal_ entries per year in
| addition to the 2M+ authorized crossings.
|
| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA&pp=ygUZc3RldmUgYm
| F...
| Larrikin wrote:
| So seems like America is very popular and there isn't
| some universal hate in Mexico.
| gjsman-1000 wrote:
| You aren't very creative. I'm talking about if China, or
| North Korea, did smuggling as part of the masses
| deliberately through Mexico.
| thorwaway48583 wrote:
| The responsibility remains squarely with the people who
| developed these devices and the people who give it FCC
| approval.
|
| Devices shouldn't malfunction and handle interference
| gracefully. It is an FCC certification requirement and that
| requirement includes any interference.
| CJefferson wrote:
| I don't think that is either legally, or morally, true.
|
| Sure, it would be better if devices weren't broken by attack
| attempts, but if you are purposefully trying to attack
| something, you are to blame for your attack succeeding?
| jsheard wrote:
| A device may be required to not _malfunction_ due to
| interference, but it can 't be required to _function_ in the
| presence of interference because that 's a technical
| impossibility if the interference is strong enough to
| overpower the intended signal. That's why there are laws
| which say that if you use something like the Flipper as an RF
| jammer (which is possible with custom firmware) then angry
| feds might show up at your house.
| wezdog1 wrote:
| For medical devices, lack of function would be malfunction
| aftbit wrote:
| Yeah but less scary than a teenager driving a car.
| scottlawson wrote:
| The page mentions improvements but I can't tell from the main
| readme what is the advantage over the stock firmware, which I
| found to be quite nice for my personal use.
| godelski wrote:
| https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-
| firmware/commits/dev/
|
| (Edit: add two spaces so full url shows because HN parses)
| pnw wrote:
| This is just the official repo for the stock firmware. Last
| update 3 weeks ago for 1.0.1.
| toxicdevil wrote:
| Its the stock firmware. You can find the changelog here:
|
| https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-firmware/relea...
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| or more details here:
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| https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-firmware/compa...
| aftbit wrote:
| Is this just a newer release of the Stock firmware, or is it a
| custom branch?
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