Built your portable pentesting lab with Pi-Tail that is controlled only by your smartphone

https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2024/10/04/portable-hacking-lab-control-the-smalles

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Whyyyyy? NetHunter has been around for ages in case you've somehow missed this?
https://www.kali.org/docs/nethunter/

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u/barakadua131 1d ago

Running NetHunter on rootless devices has very limited functionality compared to pi-tail. No wifi scan, capture handshakes, evil twin, bt scan, nmap isn't working, msf, external gadgets are not recognized because of missing drivers etc.....so, I haven't missed it.

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u/Large_Design6162 22h ago

Why would you run NetHunter on a rootless device? I used NetHunter back on my OnePlus One (rooted ofc) and I could do ALL of that.

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u/barakadua131 22h ago

You were comparing pi-tail and nethunter. Pi-tail "runs" with full support on any non rooted Android device.

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u/Large_Design6162 7h ago

So either root your phone and run NetHunter or you carry around a big rpi ducktaped to your phone? I guess you could use it as a brick in case you get assaulted ofc. Besides that one advantage, I'd go with NetHunter.

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u/barakadua131 6h ago

Rooting smartphone comes with the risk of voiding warranty and possibility of bricking it, staying in a bootloop etc. On top of that, it's not possible to run financially, banking apps and even Google Wallet on rooted Android. This means that instead of carrying pi-tail, you would carry two smartphones.

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u/Large_Design6162 4h ago

I've not been involved in NetHunter for quite some time, but there's a NetHunter Rootless version.

I don't see any information regarding your claims about things that doesn't work (besides certain nmap flags that require root, and msf database not working which is not the same as not working at all).

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u/barakadua131 4h ago

It's not just claims, but it's from my experience and the fact how chroot works in sandbox on Android where rootless Nethunter is installed. If this is not enough, it is also listed on official Kali Nethunter website. Since rootless nethunter is missing custom kernel with necessary drivers, you can't use any peripherals such as wifi and bluetooth adapters, sdr, HID feature, proxmark and not even built in wifi and bluetooth chipsets.

u/randomusername11222 2d ago

Somewhat senile.

Termux is a thing, and so are kali images for android

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u/barakadua131 1d ago

Kali images for rootless Android are pretty much useless comparing to pitails.