TagTinker app lets Flipper Zero interface with electronic shelf labels
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Updated · Gizmodo · May 7
TagTinker app lets Flipper Zero interface with electronic shelf labels
6 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · May 7
The tool targets some infrared-based shelf labels, with its GitHub page saying it is for educational research, security curiosity and digital art on hardware users legally own.
It can display images, text and test patterns on labels, while Flipper Zero devices with a WiFi Dev Board can unlock live, network-rendered tag designs.
The project highlights weak security in some electronic shelf labels as concern grows over surveillance pricing, where retailers use personal data and algorithms to vary prices in stores.
As hackers expose digital price tags, are you unknowingly paying more based on your personal data?
If a simple app can hack store prices, is the retail industry's push for dynamic pricing built on insecure technology?
With Europe and the UK divided on AI pricing, which path better protects consumers from algorithmic price gouging?