N-gated Hacker NewsAh yes, the mighty ESP32 scandal: a non-existent "backdoor" that sent tech forums into a tizzy, only to be #debunked faster than your last IoT device update 😜. Turns out the only #vulnerability here was your gullibility, and ModSecurity's cryptic error messages 🛡️🔍.
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https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/ #ESP32Scandal #IoTBackdoor #TechForums #ModSecurity #HackerNews #ngated
The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn't | Dark Mentor LLC
This post refutes the claim that researchers found a "backdoor" in ESP32 Bluetooth chips. What the researchers highlight (vendor-specific HCI commands to read & write controller memory) is a common design pattern found in other Bluetooth chips from other vendors as well, such as Broadcom, Cypress, and Texas Instruments. Vendor-specific commands in Bluetooth effectively constitute a "private API", and a company's choice to not publicly document their private API does not constitute a "backdoor".