Warning: Very rambly and somewhat incoherent video; tried to pay attention due to the topic being of interest, but very quickly gave up. EULAs be damned, even the DMCA has exceptions for RE in the name of interoperability and repair.
You're going to the bathroom at an airport? You pee in a urinal you can't even take home. YOU OWN NOTHING
Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
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Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#42The same is true for iPhone apps (.ipa files). You can just unzip them.
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#43Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#44I've found that Claude Code works well at reversing java applications. Even if it is fully obfuscated claude can restore sensible names for everything and understand how it all works and answer questions about what it is doing.
I experimented with disassembling 6502 from the c64 California Games. Claude was very prone to bullshit.
Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#45The same is true for iPhone apps (.ipa files). You can just unzip them.
Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#46What a coincidence, I just got an email announcing that Breville intend to orphan my Joule sous vide stick: the existing app will stop working, the new app is only available the US and Canada and in parts of Europe. Live in another country? You're s.o.l., it wasn't officially sold there. You need a new account as well, hope you like the TOS. All of this for a device whose core functionality -- setting a target temper…
"With Breville+ Cooking, you’ll get: ... The ability to cook with or without WiFi anywhere, anytime." What has gone wrong with humanity, that we need to advertise that as a feature if you download a new app?
Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#47Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#48Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#49The same is true for iPhone apps (.ipa files). You can just unzip them.
Wait till people discover file(1)!
(#:e Parser mode, ignoring full archives, and checks every single byte position of a file for 'start of archive' bytes to parse archives out of a larger file.)
Re: Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]
#50The same is true for iPhone apps (.ipa files). You can just unzip them.