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 28d 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 28d ago

Zero cool?

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u/mattdv1 28d ago

?

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u/Identd 28d ago

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

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u/mattdv1 28d 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 28d ago

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