Wow yes you’re very smart for knowing that unencrypted radio is unencrypted.

Using NFC amibo codes for freebies in switch Zelda

Nope can't do that.

Won't someone think of the multi billion dollar corporations‽

Weren't Kia Boys stealing cars with literally just a USB cable since it physically fit to turn the ignition behind the key cylinder?
That doesn't require buying a special device, it was mostly crimes of convenience. I doubt the Flipper Zero will ever get that widespread.

I think you're missing the point this article is trying to make... It's not an advertisement for Flipper Zero, it's a scare piece implying the devices' existence is bad

That's the definition of a legitimate use.

Cloning keycards temporarily with permission (until new ones are made.) Breaking into your own or a friend's car because the keys were left inside (until you get the keys back)

Cloning a TV remote just to lower the volume to a sane degree and turn it off (until they get a new TV, remote or find the old one).

Legitimate is a anything that you're allowed to do. It's a simple process to test legitimacy:

Did someone ask you if you can help?

If yes, did you tell them what you'd do?

If yes, did they agree?

And once you did whatever it was they agreed to, did you keep your ability to do the same thing in the aim of doing something they didn't consent to (once you cloned their car key, do you plan on stealing the car? Or once you cloned their remote, do you have an insatiable urge to fuck with them by abusing the remote?)

If you answer "yes" to all except the last one, the use is legitimate in 99.9% of cases.

The only reason this may be considered a non-legitimate use would be if you attached the exclusive economic right of making repairs or new keys to the OEM, which isn't how a sane world works.

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And besides, tools like the Flipper truly are hacking tools. Today hacking has a bad rep, and the word used to mean more like hack something together.

Imagine Bob who is a DIY type of guy. His TV starts falling apart because the plastic casing broke. Bob takes some duct tape and glues the casing together. As the TV stand is also a bit wonky, he takes some screws as well just to be safe. He doesn't plan on keeping it for too long, just until he can find a fitting replacement that's not too expensive. Most likely, he's bound to keep it until the next Black Friday.

Bob just successfully hacked something up to keep his TV from falling apart.

That's the origin of the word "hacking". "To hack up" got shortened by attaching a new meaning to the verb, without bothering with the entire phrase, and making it relate only to electronic/digital hacking. So the TV example isn't hacking, but it is hacking up. It means "to make some temporary fix until a proper one isn't found".

Today, hacking has been conflated with exploiting and breaking digital locks, which is not what the original phrase meant.

That is easier...

Didn’t Sweet home Alabama precede Werewolves of London? Also, what does “drop his donuts” mean in this context?

TBF most of these are failures and exploits on older devices.

Which are a dime a dozen across the entire industry. Security is rather difficult, especially when considering exploits and bugs.

Ofc many of these ARE the results of cut corners, though many are just a lack of security awareness or old devices with known exploits discovered long after manufacturing.

Cue governments banning working with electronics to stop auto theft and also save the children

Yes, which is why it's weird they were able to steal it, gol'dang time travelers. No I wasn't mistaken, time travelers. No I'm not bias because Warren Zevon rules, I said time travelers.

"Drop his donuts" means his dough circles fell off a table during the studio recording. You can hear him say "my donuts! Goddamn!" in the back of the track, it's hilarious.

Of course, this particular attack actually "works" with rolling codes (WILL desync your real keyfob), it requires the attacker to sniff one signal off your key (incl lock) and then they can spoof your key's rollover protocol (and any button, not just the one they sniffed) to reset the rolling code back to 0 and allowing them access. Iirc it's different from a standard replay attack in (definitely) that it can spoof other keys on the fob it hasn't read, and (I think) that while a trad replay attack requires the car not to hear the signal when recording I believe that doesn't matter with this attack.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to test it out since I'm not buying a serial locked flipper firmware from some guy who just got out of prison selling it on telegram.

What if I only use the fob as a fob? I usually only use the touch pad to lock and inner handle's proximity sensor to unlock, so the car is only range finding after initial sense.

You'd be surprised what people will pay for a striker hellcat. Yea it's never gonna be as common, but it will happen. It is easier to steal a hellcat with a flipper zero than to pull apart a column to get behind the ignition and turn it without the key, if anything hacking into cars is quicker and easier than defeating a physical key! My SO push button 15 Jetta could easily be stolen with a flipper, but my 87 YJ with a physical key requires an understanding of the wiring system and the time to tear down the column to be stolen. Any dunce capable of buying a flipper loaded with appropriate software can easily steal any new push button car.

Trouble is the move to complete computerization. Back in the day we had physical keys which turned a physical switch to physically connect the power from battery to wake ECU. Now, we have a button that sends a REQUEST to the ECU to turn on or off, and as long as an acceptable transponder is around it will accept the request. If you turn your car off when u hit that stop button it REQUESTS that the ECU shut down assuming conditions are met. I have had a problem 202w wrangler JL turn on fine but refuse to shut off untill you pulled the terminals off the battery. This new age hyper computerized nonsense is why every mechanic hates these new age techno bullshit wanna-be computer appliances on wheels, canbus can be awesome for keeping all modules on the same page but one bad wire and the whole system takes a shit.

The lack of security awareness is due to them to scrooge to hire the right professionals for the job. It is 100% the result of cutting corners.

202w wrangler

Well, Jeep is not really a name for good innovation. They are stuck with a management that still thinks "mechanics" and sees electronics as a pure profit center, not as a gear in the system that has to be as reliable as the rest of it.

If you literally never press the buttons, nor leave your keys alone with anyone else who could possibly push the buttons?

Then a guy with a $20 car unlock kit from Autozone can still get in. And so can a guy with a hammer, and a guy with a broken spark plug. Locks are suggestions, especially when you have windows.

And that's not even to mention people with actual SDRs that can repeat your key's signal and remote start your car, keep your fob in a faraday bag.