Wanted - Hackable Flir E4 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: orion242
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2015, 10:45:06 pm
content: Anyone have a Flir E4 with Firmware prior to 1.21 that they are will to part with?

author: I4E
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2015, 11:15:26 pm
content: what does the hack allow you to do?

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2015, 11:20:56 pm
content: Quote from: I4E on August 06, 2015, 11:15:26 pmTurn it into an E8 for free. There is amegathread about if you search back.

author: orion242
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 07, 2015, 03:48:17 am
content: I figured it out after looking over what seems 10K posts, and digging into all used markets. Mine should be here tomorrow.Fleebay has ~3 guys selling "upgraded" E4s for just south of $2k currently. I somewhat surprised flir has not shut these guys down. Looking at completed listings, these guys have been steadily increasing the prices for some time now. Offered one of them what I thought the hassle factor would be worth to me, and they didn't take it. So apparently they are not having a hard time getting what they are asking.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 07, 2015, 06:57:54 am
content: We're not aware of any version that is not hackable - Flir seem to have thrown in the towel.They have in the past threatened sellers of upgraded units but they still pop up from time to time. Surprising they're still managing to sell at such a high price, but if people are too lazy to do some research....

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 07, 2015, 07:46:00 am
content: Quote from: orion242 on July 28, 2015, 10:45:06 pmIf you look on eBay UK, you can find them.Some sellers even offer to hack thme for you for no extra cost.

author: wreeve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 07, 2015, 08:01:54 am
content: Rapid Electronics had a really good deal on the E4 a while back; new unit; new firmware; hacked in about 10 minutes!

author: orion242
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 09, 2015, 08:52:18 pm
content: I got mine open box for $900 and I must say this is a very nice TIC.Having used a handful of different TICs for work over the years, this is one of the lightest TICs I have used so far. The Fluke = must be 2x the weight. Very easy to use for a building study. Really nice package, the fact its upgradeable makes it well worth the cost. Nicely done Filr. I got this out of my own pocket and wouldn't have even thought about it if it wouldn't have been for the hacks. Would have went with the seek or flir one for my personal use. At seek/ f one prices its silly not to have every tech in my business without them, but the E4 is a far nicer instrument and well worth the extra $.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2015, 09:30:20 pm
content: Beware of Flir Tools software which is a malware that calls home every time you start it and sends home data collected on your computer. If you publish your radiometric images taken with a hacked camera, Flir can track you down if they want to.

author: orion242
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 09, 2015, 09:50:36 pm
content: Thanks for the notice.Easy enough to sort out. Twitter, facebook, and a handful of other domains already resolve to 0.0.0.0 at home... Whatever domain the tools are phoning home to can easily join the ranks of black hole routing.

author: orion242
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 09, 2015, 10:58:06 pm
content: So have you sniffed out what exactly is going on when you launch the tools?Looks like it straight up tries to connect to google analytics.Shortly after that it looks like it pings library.tools.flir.com & internalstore.flir.com. internalstore.flir.com seems to toss back a redirect, to flir.com/internalstore/Seems to be sending more info than I prefer. Sending flir.com, google-analytics.com, and internalstore.flir.com to the routing black hole seems to chop the snakes head off pretty effectively.Sorry flir, you'll have to track some other slave, this one ain't having it.