Devices like the Flipper Zero can send out pre-programmed radio signals that can cause an iPhone to open a disruptive interface, effectively being attacked into temporary uselessness.
  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
    412·
    10 months ago

    Gotta love modern journalism.

    Such an attack is possible for a number of products like Android, but the report focuses on iPhone

    You can use a flipper on any device that uses WiFi, Bluetooth, or NFC. But throwing iPhone or Apple into a headline will get clicks.

    You can use a flipper for a LOT more than that too. You can steal and clone NFC chips like key fobs with them.

      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Sure that’s fair. Just don’t bury it halfway down the article and hand wave it away.

        A more honest and still clickbaity headline would be “many devices, including iPhones, susceptible to attack by this $170 device”

    • bigdog_00@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 months ago

      I mean you can, but iPhones and some Android devices are the only common devices but I’m aware of that have fast pairing. Your Nintendo switch isn’t capable of having such a fast pairing pop-up

      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Sure, but this fast pairing “ddos” is far from the only thing a flipper can do. They’re powerful little devices. They’re not limited to this little novelty attack.

        • bigdog_00@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          Right right, nobody said it was. Just an example of what it could do, but nobody says that was all it could do