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[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] Roastchicken@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I agree with your statement on modern journalism, I think it is fair the website appleinsider.com focused on apple products.

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 points 1 year 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.world 3 points 1 year 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 points 1 year ago

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

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