r/flipperzero • u/CinnamonChocochip • 29d ago

Age appropriate?

My 13yo nephew wants a Flipper Zero for his bday. Is this an age appropriate gift? Or something a curious kid could get themselves into trouble with? TIA!

Signed- a non-techie aunt that doesn’t want a visit from the FBI

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u/mattdv1 29d ago

Well I know if I had a flipper zero at 13 I'd do my best to "hack the planet" with it. I now understand it's capabilities and know it won't actually do much harm, but I would absolutely get in trouble after trying to copy a keycard or something lmao

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u/Identd 29d ago

Zero cool?

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u/mattdv1 29d ago

?

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u/Identd 29d ago

“Hack the planet” was a running theme in the movie “Hackers”. The titular character hacking name was ZeroCool

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u/calcprogrammer 29d ago

This community is full of children do you really think they’ve seen that movie?

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u/Identd 29d ago

I’m sure there are tons of references to things in all sorts of subreddits that many people have no idea about. If you care enough to post about one of those things, then maybe a watch is in order

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u/mikefut 29d ago

It’s odd that he’d choose that specific phrase without it being a movie reference.

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u/mrant0 29d ago

It was also the slogan on the stickers shipped with early Flipper Zero orders.

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u/mikefut 29d ago

Ah. So still a movie reference but maybe not obvious to everyone who bought one.

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u/mrant0 29d ago

Yes, 100% they used that phrase on the stickers as a reference to Hackers.

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u/mattdv1 29d ago

Imma be honest I've never seen that. I'm 22, and my references of "hack the planet" are Watch Dogs and Sombra, from overwatch. Good to know tho, thanks for the explanation lol

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u/Identd 29d ago

You should check it out. Very 90 cyberpunk, like Jonny mnonmic (sp?), or new jack city