The Tiktok viral hacking tool, Flipper Zero, has been increasing in popularity and has become the subject of numerous controversies.
The Flipper Zero, a hacking multi-tool designed to resemble a playful child's toy and embellished with a friendly dolphin, is a gadget that has particularly captured the online world's attention.
With its array of sensors, chips, and antennae, the Flipper enables you to playfully tamper with a variety of gadgets, including card readers and security gates. The nifty and interesting device is gradually rising in popularity on TikTok. However, tech enthusiasts who have only heard about it now may wonder what it does do?
What Is Flipper Zero?
The Flipper Zero is a portable pen-testing tool that costs $200 and is made for hackers of all technical skill levels. Wired describes the device as concealable, smaller than a phone, and packed with a variety of radios and sensors that let you intercept and replay signals from keyless entry systems such as sensors, garage doors, NFC cards, or any other device that communicates wirelessly nearby.
The possibilities for the Flipper Zero could be endless as it can communicate with a wide range of gadgets, all thanks to its sub-1GHz transmitter. Users can read, copy, and imitate older prox cards using the 125kHz antenna.
Additionally, it can read, write, and mimic both low- and high-frequency NFC gadgets, such as tap cards, when used with the NFC module, and can quickly learn any IR device thanks to the infrared transceiver.
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Since then, their business has sold 150 000 devices, and their team has increased to about 50 members. However, due to their increasing popularity and development, the device has been the subject of recent controversy.
The Verge reports that PayPal has held up more than $1.3 million worth of payments for the device recently, and the US Customs and Border Patrol has intercepted a consignment of the electronics.
Kulagin claims that CBP released the shipment after a month but has not yet provided the company with an explanation for why it detained the consignment.
Flipper Zero Technical Specs
According to Flipper Zero's official product listing, here is an overview of the hacking tool's technical specs:
MCU (Microcontroller unit)
- Model: STM32WB55RG
- ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit 64 MHz (application processor)
- ARM Cortex-M0+ 32 MHz (network processor)
- Flash: 1024 KB
- SRAM: 256 KB
Display
- LCD Monochrome
- Resolution: 128x64 px
- Controller: ST7565R
- Interface: SPI
- Diagonal Size: 1.4"
Battery
- LiPo 2000 mA⋅h
- 7 days approximately
Sub-1 GHz module
- Chip: TI CC1101
- TX Power: 0 dBm max
Device Size
- Size: 100 x 40 x 25 mm
- Weight: 102 grams
- Body materials: PC, ABS, PMMA
- Operating temperature: 0 ~ 40 °C
Bluetooth LE 5.0
- TX Power: 0 dBm max
- RX Sensitivity: -96 dBm
- Data rate: 2 Mbps
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