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| | nv1t.github.io
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| | Close to a year ago, I stumbled upon the Kekz Headphones, which seemed like an interesting approach on the whole digital audio device space. They claimed to work without any internet connection and all of the content already on the headphones itself. They are On-Ear Headphones, which work by placing a small chip (I call them "Kekz" or "Cookie") into a little nook on the side and it plays an audio story. I was intrigued, because there were some speculations going around, how they operate with those "Kekz"-Chips. I invite you to join me on a journey into the inner workings of those headphones. We will talk about accessing the encrypted files on the device, breaking the crypto and discovering disclosure of data from customers.
| | neilzone.co.uk
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| | Neil Brown's personal blog.
| | danielmangum.com
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| | The ESP32-S3 is a popular microcontroller (MCU) for a variety of reasons, such as its support for external pseudostatic RAM (PSRAM). One of its lesser known features is its Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-The-Go (OTG) controller. The previously released ESP32-S2, as well as the new ESP32-P4, also have USB OTG support, with the latter having two controllers. USB OTG devices can act as a device or as a host. This is a popular feature for smartphones, which, when attached to a laptop or desktop should act as a device, but may want to act as a host for some peripherals, such as a keyboard, that may be attached to it.
| | blog.martinig.ch
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| Architecture is an important asset for good programming and the notion of "pattern" is here to help us apply already trusted code architecture solutions to common problems. Jason McDonald has done a wonderful job to group some of them in a document that should be useful to most software developers. Go to his blog to