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Flipper's new Video Game Module is powered by Raspberry Pi

Our friends at Flipper Devices have made a fantastic new video game accessory for their popular Flipper Zero. It turns your Flipper into a mini games console, adding device UI output to TV, motion sensing, and crazy-powerful GPIO expansion. It's all built on our powerful RP2040 microcontroller.
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The Video Game Module lets you play retro games on your TV, or mirror your Flipper's UI to the TV. You can also do some other cool new stuff, like using Flipper as an air mouse to control your computer over Bluetooth.
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To learn more about the new Video Game Module, visit Flipper's website here. Or head to our RP2040 documentation to learn more about our microcontroller.

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has identified an unlikely public enemy No. 1 in his new crackdown on car theft: the Flipper Zero, a $200 piece of open source hardware used to capture, analyze and interact with simple radio communications.

On Thursday, the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada agency said it will "pursue all avenues to ban devices used to steal vehicles by copying the wireless signals for remote keyless entry, such as the Flipper Zero, which would allow for the removal of those devices from the Canadian marketplace through collaboration with law enforcement agencies." A social media post by Francois-Philippe Champagne, the minister of that agency, said that as part of the push "we are banning the importation, sale and use of consumer hacking devices, like flippers, used to commit these crimes."
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Presumably, such tools subject to the ban would include HackRF One and LimeSDR, which have become crucial for analyzing and testing the security of all kinds of electronic devices to find vulnerabilities before they're exploited. None of the government officials identified any of these tools, but in an email, a representative of the Canadian government reiterated the use of the phrase "pursuing all avenues to ban devices used to steal vehicles by copying the wireless signals for remote keyless entry."
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One thing the Flipper Zero is exceedingly ill-equipped for is defeating modern antihack protections built into cars, smartcards, phones, and other electronic devices.

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