YEyellow_lead·Dec 26, 2023
In High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhonesFlipper-XFW
Xtreme-Firmware
C2023–2023
Flipper-XFW / Xtreme-Firmware · Archived
Xtreme-Firmware
The Dom amongst the Flipper Zero Firmware. Give your Flipper the power and freedom it is really craving. Let it show you its true form. Dont delay, switch to the one and only true Master today!
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What it is
The Dom amongst the Flipper Zero Firmware. Give your Flipper the power and freedom it is really craving. Let it show you its true form. Dont delay, switch to the one and only true Master today!
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What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by week5 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2023-09-15 06:33:25 UTC to 2023-12-26 07:26:39 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Sep 11 | 2023-09-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | 2023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | 2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | 2023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | 2023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | 2023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | 2023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | 2023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | 2023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | 2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | 2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 11 | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 18 | 2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 25 | 2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesThe firmware is open source, and third party software already exists
Ex: https://github.com/Flipper-XFW/Xtreme-Firmware
In High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhonesI'll just be a Flipper Zero with a new Firmware - https://github.com/Flipper-XFW/Xtreme-Firmware Maybe something else but this is the easiest/most obvious.
I don't really understand why this is mainstream news. It's happened before, because it's harmless and funny - https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/30/device-brought-tennessee-hig...
In a world where the loser Doomers think China/Aliens can cripple us with a cyberattack this is exactly what is needed more to make people harden their phones, aka run updates.
In High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhonesThe attack in question: https://github.com/Flipper-XFW/Xtreme-Firmware/blob/1a9c9cc3...
In Tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loopFlipper-Xtreme-Firmware: Give your Flipper Zero the power it is craving
15 points · Open discussion