This Makes Hacking TOO Easy – Flipper Zero

Since nobody seems to know what this is, here are a couple of overviews.

Here is the upbeat happy overview that tries (more or less successfuly in my opinion) to damp down the fear hype over the device)…..

Here is a someone doing an overview with real world examples….

Here is a compilation video of people being bad with it.

Here is a more technical video on how to hack Wi-fi passwords with it….

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 10, 2023

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For the first time in our nation’s history, a former president has been indicted by the federal government. And not just a former president, but the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

U.S. General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was quoted in a news story on July 15, 2021, as fighting to stop Trump from ordering an attack on Iran.Six days later, Trump showed the writer and publisher what he described as a “plan of attack” from the same general.“Isn’t this amazing? This totally wins my case, except it is like, highly confidential,” Trump is quoted as saying in the indictment.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 9, 2023

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Ukraine’s Big Offensive Kicks Off To Tough Resistance

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Headline is a little misleading but only a little. California Takes a Big Step Towards Legalizing Shoplifting

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 7, 2023

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