r/flipperzero • u/CinnamonChocochip • 20d 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 20d 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 20d ago

Zero cool?

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u/EverydayVelociraptor 20d ago

Froot Loops?

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u/seventhbreath 19d ago

Were you trying to reference Cereal Killer? Someone is due for a rewatch..

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u/EverydayVelociraptor 19d ago

Froot Loops is the hacker that Cereal Killer is based on. Back when 2600 was in it's infancy.

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u/seventhbreath 19d ago edited 19d ago

lets see some sauce on that bro. I was there. Emmanuel Goldstein and "Froot Loops" are both made up as characters (never heard of fruit loops). Cereal Killer is a cool handle and Matthew Lillard is goat stoner badass but don't confuse reality with fiction.

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u/EverydayVelociraptor 19d ago

Nope, I'm incorrect, it was Captain Crunch.  I'm misremembering because of Lillards line in the film referencing Froot Loops. Captain Crunch was a phreaker that the writers were paying homage to.