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Comment by ElenaDaibunny

11 hours ago

The fact that vendors still ship firmware with trivial obfuscation in 2026 is wild. I wonder how many data recovery shops already reverse-engineer these routinely but just don't publish.

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pixl97  10 hours ago

Not publishing is the point of why they {{{encrypt}}} it.

Start publishing it and it's a good chance you'll get a DMCA notice in short order.

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