M5Stack Cardputer

The streets are getting hotter, the ICE is getting meaner, and if you ain't packing the right gear, you're just another gonk waiting to get flatlined. Enter the M5Stack Cardputer—a slick little cyberdeck that punches way above its weight class. We got one recently for testing, it’s been running full-tilt for ten hours straight, and the battery still hasn’t dipped below 50%. That’s the kind of uptime netrunners dream about.

This deck ain't just about power efficiency—it’s got serious versatility. With firmware like Bruce and others, plus software like m5launcher, you can download new firmware straight onto the device right from the network and even swap ‘em out on a memory card. That means you're not locked into one setup; you can mod, tweak, and optimize on the fly. And at just a little over 30 eddies, it’s a bargain compared to something like the Flipper Zero.

For the chooms still running without setups, it’s time to wake up. Even if you don’t have a rig yet, an old Pixel running LineageOS, rooted and kitted with Termux, is enough to start writing scripts and running ops. Pair that with an M5Stack Cardputer, and you’ve got a mobile netrunning loadout that’ll have you slicing through data fortresses like a street-level legend. You could even snag a dusty old Chromebook, rip out the corpo bloatware, and slot in something like Kali—just scope the specs first so you don’t end up with a glorified paperweight. The system’s stacked against us, corpo ICE is everywhere, and the only way to stay ahead is to jack in and start running.