I stand corrected. This will teach Espressif to make their blobs so accessible and transparent. 😅 Pete
Mar 9, 2025 12:48:46 PM jonathan hunsberger <[email protected]>: > Looks like the company did originally call it a backdoor, but have since > re-termed as a "hidden feature". That youtube showed a screenshot of this > page https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/ > where the title said backdoor. The addendum at the bottom says "could > facilitate supply chain attacks, the concealment of backdoors in the chipset, > or the execution of more sophisticated attacks" but i think that guy on > YouTube is right - this is going to be a lot of pain for a lot of tech teams > of esp32-based products to do damage-control and education with their > management and customers. > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM Pete Soper via TriEmbed > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Presumably this is a debunk. If not I can point to something thorough. TL;DR >> they mistook an unpublished SPI for a back door, "they being the click >> jockeys: the actual work never uses the term! >> Pete >> _______________________________________________ >> Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list >> >> To post message: [email protected] >> List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org >> TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org >> To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: >> mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >> Searchable email archive available at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>
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