Re: [PLUG] Hackaday & ESP32 Back Door

[Michel van der List via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

This seems like a recent update: 
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/the-esp32-bluetooth-backdoor-that-wasnt/

On 3/14/25 7:19 AM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> Has anybody else noticed how conspicuously silent Hackaday.com has 
> been about the apparent backdoor in ESP32 devices?
>
> https://www.techspot.com/news/107073-researchers-uncover-hidden-backdoor-widely-used-esp32-microchip.html 
>
>
> This seems like it would be their bread-and-butter, but they've said 
> nothing.
>
> I'm wondering if the backdoor is real, or just headline writer's scare 
> tactics.  I would have thought Hackaday would have had some good 
> analysis of the issue, and generated some good comments.
>
> Anybody know anything about this?
>
> Casey
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