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by frodprefect 1494 days ago
What?

Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It loves hacking digital stuff, such as radio protocols, access control systems, hardware and more. It's fully open-source and customizable, so you can extend it in whatever way you like.

Third line on the page.

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If you know what it is already, maybe that helps. But I still only have a vague idea after reading that.

It is hard to make an introductory explanation to someone with close to zero context of what you are talking about when you yourself know it very well.

I had also never heard of this device before and found that statement less than helpful. You don't learn what the device is until way down the page.
Agrred. I have no idea what the device is about until I do a quick Google search and visit their main page. The product looks promising but the explaination for what it is is poor.