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Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Update: https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/

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[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe we can find out for sure through the magic of the fediverse...

@antoniovazquezblanco@mastodon.social Is the "backdoor" mentioned in https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/ about what you shared in your RootedCON talk? If so, how worried should people using devices containing ESP32s be?

[–] Feyr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

None. People that have physical access to you device can write malicious firmware. Which they can already do with physical access

It's an overblown nothing-burger. Calling it a backdoor is a security researcher juicing up some minor finding