Devices like the Flipper Zero can send out pre-programmed radio signals that can cause an iPhone to open a disruptive interface, effectively being attacked into temporary uselessness.
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
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.
Gotta love modern journalism.
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.
I agree with your statement on modern journalism, I think it is fair the website appleinsider.com focused on apple products.
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”
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
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.
Right right, nobody said it was. Just an example of what it could do, but nobody says that was all it could do