The Company Behind the Flipper Zero Hacking Tool Is Making a Cyberdeck

That was the all-too common sentiment Flipper co-founder and CEO Pavel Zhovner shared with Gizmodo as he talked up his company’s latest device, a “network multitool” called Flipper One. In effect, it’s a small PC built to be as customizable as you need it to be. If you’re the type to read Gizmodo, you’ve probably seen enough cyberdecks around that you’ve imagined building your own small, cyberpunk-flavored computer. Flipper wants to get you halfway there with the help of a single-board computer and a dolphin mascot aiding your journey into network computing. Flipper’s last device was a big “f*** off button” called the BUSY Bar, but the company’s big claim to fame is the signal hacking device called Flipper Zero. By comparison, Flipper One is meant to be its own beast, or at least a sidekick to that device’s NFC and low-level RFID connectivity. In a video interview with Gizmodo, Zhovner said that the goal of this new gadget was to fix many of the personal bugbears he had with other DIY computers. Mainly, he doesn’t enjoy the one-cable power connection requirement of a Raspberry Pi-based device. He also found that many cyberdecks running open-source operating systems based on Linux o