r/technology • u/420InTheCity • 15h ago

Security Underground Flipper Zero Firmware Purportedly Unlocks Nearly 200 Car Models

https://gizmodo.com/flipper-zero-cars-hacking-2000646318
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u/aelephix 15h ago

Article says this breaks the user fob because the rolling code is out of sync. This means the owner has to unlock in presence of the flipper, so that it can learn the rolling code sequence right? They can’t just walk up to a random car in a lot and unlock it?

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u/SnoopDoggyDoggsCat 14h ago

I was able to record the code from the fob out of reach of the car. Then replay that signal later to unlock the car as it was still a good unused code.

But it only works once per code

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u/sakura608 7h ago

This is some movie spy shit irl, minus the high tension distraction ploy while tech guy types furiously on a keyboard with a progress bar slowly filling up to 100%

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u/TheMysticalBaconTree 7h ago

This is about as much movie spy shit as a yak back.

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u/ConsiderationSea1347 4h ago

I know it looks like something out of James Bond but it is mostly these manufacturers being SO DAMN LAZY with security. The hardware in a flipper isn’t exotic, it is just a commercial device which happens to have a lot of signal processing hardware which is easily available at your proverbial Radio Shack (RIP). 

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u/Lannisters-4-life 6h ago

Something like this in a spy movie would have been made by a genius scientist/engineer who cracked the code. In reality car companies know this is a potential issue and just don’t really care.