Anumberofvideos onlinewould appear to show cars being manipulated and unlocked via the Flipper.
YouTubers and TikTokers have uploaded videos where they appear to hack vehicles key fobs quite easily using the rig.
And for any modern vehicle with rolling codes, its practically useless.
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The Flipper has already been banned in Brazil andAmazon banned sales of the deviceon its platform last year.
We previouslypredictedthat the Flipper would face additional bans.
Lo and behold, this seems to be a big one.
Dude thats not the solution.
The car company needs to address the security of their products.
Sincerely, Cyber security experts everywhere,one X user, whose bio mentions infosec, posted.
you might use screwdrivers to steal cars too, anotheruser posted, sarcastically.
Nothing ground breaking this will not stop a thing but makes it look like your doing something.
We will update this story if they respond.
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