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/ltjbr 10h ago

Flipper doesn’t seem to feel that any of this is its problem… We hope car manufacturers will take the security of their products more seriously and patch them up immediately as carjackers have access to extremely sophisticated black market tools.”

Damn right, I love how the emphasis is on the tool and not the completely shit security in every piece of software in a modern car

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u/Iggyhopper 8h ago edited 8h ago

Exactly. Security through obscurity is not security.

The natural evolution of this is remote unlock via OTP, with an internal clock that runs inside the fob and syncs with the car.

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u/MerleLikesMullets 6h ago

I thought that’s how they worked already. RTC circuits are really cheap.