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Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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The real issue here is that the systems that car manufacturers use for their vehicles are insecure and outdated. The Flipper Zero is just exposing their bad design decisions.
"We're seeing an increase in new care purchases" "What changed?" "We made them super easy to steal"
On the bright side, all the car thieves that knew how to open a steering lock have all grown up, so a club lock is probably going to be the best defence outside of a kill switch. Great for road rage, too