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Breaking Vac (blnt.dev)
3 points by zansara 721 days ago
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The fact that these devices are getting more "secure" imho also removes a great opportunity for learning. It used to be possible to tinker with these devices: now even vacuum cleaner's firmware is locked in and unreadable. What is so precious about a handheld vacuum's firmware anyway? It seems like their only goal here was to make the device nearly impossible to fix. I really have a hard time understanding the rationale.