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Re: ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

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On 09.03.25 22:50, TimS wrote:
> On 9 Mar 2025 at 21:44:41 GMT, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
> 
>> <font color="#000000">For those who program with electronics on IoT (internet
>> of things) devices, the ESP32 has 29 undocumented commands that could be used
>> as a ‘backdoor’.</font>
>> <font color="#000000"></font>
>> <font color="#000000">Below is the article that provides more details.</font>
>>
>> <fontcolor="#000000"><https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocum
>> ented-commands-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/></font>
>> <font color="#000000"></font>
>> <font color="#000000">Where are our Macs made these days?</font>
> 
> This business of Usenapp sticking all this markup in seems to be triggered by
> pasting stuff into a new post, only to find that it's got mixed up with the
> sig and is all the same pale grey as the sig - and then trying to fix that up.
> It looks OK when posted but is received as the above.

They are more or less harmless. They cannot be accessed OTA as far as I 
understand the issue.


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ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-03-09 21:44 +0000
  Re: ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-03-09 21:50 +0000
    Re: ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-10 12:05 +0100
  Re: ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-03-10 13:27 +0000
    Re: ESP32 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2025-03-10 18:01 +0000

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