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Edit store price tags using Flipper Zero

72 pointsby truedukelast Sunday at 9:26 AM62 commentsview on HN

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petterroeatoday at 12:35 PM

It's always funny when people publish source code and have a disclaimer saying "You CANNOT use it for bad!". When is the last time a criminal read such a disclaimer and thought "Oh right, guess this isn't for me"?

Sure, at least the developer can say they did say so, but it doesn't matter. To me it seems more like avoiding responsibility. You published the tool, and by doing so you changed the world, even minutely, and in ways you cannot predict.

As hackers we bear the responsibility of tools we publish. Even if you believe knowledge is the most important and that everything _should_ be published, we should at least be well aware of the consequences. Great power, great responsibility.

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Aboutplantstoday at 11:50 AM

I was in college when self checkout became a thing and it took us all of about 45 seconds to realize that you could just check everything out as bananas. Steak was weighed and priced at 4011 (banana code) as the stoned teenager cashier paid no attention. Everything on the receipt was literally Bananas

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welitoday at 10:19 AM

This is pretty dangerous. At least in my country the displayed price must be honored and they cannot refuse the sale.

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comrade1234today at 12:06 PM

Since its IR is it line of site? How would you go about changing every tag in the store to say 'Palestine $0.00', for example?

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stavrostoday at 9:50 AM

I am overjoyed to see this story here, we haven't gotten a lot of these hacks lately. Well done!

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voidUpdatetoday at 9:47 AM

I still don't think I've seen an actually useful application for a Flipper Zero. It's all just "use this to change store price tags" or "here's how to disconnect all bluetooth devices", but also "don't actually use this, because it would be illegal, this is just for educational purposes"

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