I want one of these flipper devices but I’m sure I would get in a lot of trouble with it
If you cannot trust yourself, then do not provide yourself temptation
Just call yourself a tinkerer or a person doing security testing.
If you’re using it against other people, let them know.
If you use it only against your own devices, you’ll be perfectly fine.
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Mine arrives tomorrow c:
Only if you get caught
Why is this a thing?
Which one: the Flipper Zero, or the bluetooth spamming function?
Flipper Zero is a thing because it’s a very capable device for hackers and tinkerers. It can be used as an intro to coding and pen-testing.
The bluetooth spam is a thing because some dev is an asshole.
This is how we learn to make more secure software.
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You don’t need a laptop to do that, there’s a WiFi Dev Board for the Flipper.
Because it’s cool and fun
I saw one program that Rick rolled Bluetooth device lists.
I wonder if I could get work to buy me one and claim that I’ll use it for pen testing.
My coworkers would 100% definitely plug it in if they saw it lying around just to see what it was. They’re real bad.
You should probably keep your wifi and bluetooth set to switch off automatically anyway, what with how much they’re used for tracking.
Doesn’t work if you have Bluetooth devices on all the time (like a smartwatch or earbuds).
Earbuds aren’t on all the time, so you can enable when needed and set it to disable after a few min of activity.
I can see that smart watches might be a problem. They should perhaps use a dedicated protocol for always on devices like that.
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Tracking my HR and steps via smartwatch!
I don’t know if turning off Bluetooth protects against flipper attacks (Edit: Nah.), but unless something has changed, it (sadly) doesn’t preserve your privacy.
It’s not really documented, as far as I can tell, but Bluetooth low energy stays on, even when you toggle Bluetooth off for both iOS and Android. As of iOS 15, even turning off iPhones means the phone is still trackable. (Unsure about Android on that front.) Apple’s ‘Find my’ network uses Bluetooth low energy, same as Bluetooth beacons.
That sounds like disabling Bluetooth on iphones doesn’t disable Bluetooth LE. Sucks for iPhone users.
I mean, it sucks for everyone that can’t or don’t want to run homebrew OS’s.
The “One” link I shared above indicates the behavior became standard in Android 8 and iOS 11. They were released in August and September 2017, respectively.
Yeah I’d like to think AOSP doesn’t have that flaw.
