Two Open Source Projects Combine to 3D Print a Working Replica Key Using a Flipper Zero
Two Open Source Projects Combine to 3D Print a Working Replica Key Using a Flipper Zero
Measure the bitting with a Flipper Zero and generate an STL with keygen, and you'll have a working — albeit plastic — key copy in no time.
You could already do that by just taking a photo of the key, or using a pen and paper, or press it in a piece of cheese. Basically, half of the stuff one already has at hand could be used to achieve the same goal.
Also I am glad that my keys/locks have security features from the current millenium. Makes it a pain to pick or duplicate (yes even non maliciously, the local locksmith needed to order specially stuff just for me when I needed an extra key)
Do you care to share what special type of lock you use?
This certainly doesn’t make me want a flipper any less than I already do. Seems so fun to mess with
After pen testing a home network it becomes a novelty item.
Turning off TVs and opening Tesla charging ports is fun for a bit.
The best, though, is setting off the department alerts at Walgreens, there's a lot that exist that the employees have never heard. When you trigger "help needed in the baby department" then watch the employee reactions it's a fun time.
Beyond that, it's a paperweight most days.
It was nothing more than a novelty after about a day and a half, even with the WiFi module.
Think of it like one of those 3-inch swiss army knives, but for IR tech and radio. If you mean to do work. Use the correct tool for the job, but there is no reason you cant acomplish what your trying to do. They are great for learning, if I was teaching a kids about cyber security, a flipper zero would be on the required tool kit.
Yes, you can do harm with them, per the previous analogy its still a knife. However, devices not hardened against simple replication attacks or brute force acomplished by something barely more powerful than a TI-84, those manufactures and customers needs to take the security of their products more seriously.
Most locks don't really keep people out. They just keep honest people honest. At best, they slow an attacker down and/or make it more obvious.
This jams the lock! :D
It would work a couple of times. It's just not a long term solution.
Only if the lock isn't worn or dirty on the inside. I wouldn't trust this for any outdoor lock or older lock. Even cheap locks with poor fit and finish causing rough operation would not be a good idea. This is a fun gimmick that could easily cost you more money than it's worth.
The only way I might use it is if I were to use the 3D printed key as a pattern to cast a metal one. And I ain't got time for that.
the key is laid flat against the Flipper Zero's display and the depth of each cut on the screen moved to match its physical equivalent. This provides a series of "bitting" numbers, which can be used to cut a working copy of the key.
Neat!
The 3D printed version could, however, be used to create a mold to cast a more robust replica.
Here's one way to make a mold.
Lead and cadmium? Jeez
I saw the video too and I found it somehow stupid to 3d printing a key when you can go to locksmith
How many people know a locksmith versus how many people know a 3d printer?
You just need a picture of a key, a key blank, and a file.
It's always been extremely easy to copy standard keys.
Yes, this automates some of it, but honestly if you're smart enough to know how to use a flipper Zero and a 3d printer, you can cut a key by hand (assuming no disability prevents you from having fine motor skills)