Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

MEP EP#342: Hackery Experts

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MEP EP#342: Hackery Experts

HyR0n

  • Mathematician
  • Computer Scientist
  • AND!XOR employee of the month
  • Working on badges and things Hackery

    • Previous Podcast Episodes

    • Incognito Mode episode number 69
    • Arduino, The Gateway Drug To #BadgeLife episode number 109
    • Espress-ify? Designing Products Around the ESP-32 Platform episode number 144
    • Feel the Hum episode number 183
    • Better Encryption than Zoom, Firmware Stacks episode number 238
    • And a couple of the Starwars Specials

      • DEFCON 30 AND!XOR Badge

      • Its a watch, with some watch things, hacker apps (TV B Gone, BLE Interrogator), Games, & Challenge
      • Give them away for free at DEF CON following sponsorship from companies and philanthropists.
      • Off the shelf device with hacked firmware
        • LilyGo T-Watch 2020 V3
        • But how did we get there?
          • A story of supply chain woes
          • Original Watch idea - supply chain issues and crazy costs / quantity buy requirements
          • Look at consumer watches we could hack (PineTime, then LilyGo)
          • It wasnt just software, a true micropython implementation was done for firmware
          • Always interested in python
            • We always lived in a C world
            • Makes hacking it easier for end user
            • Micropython vs Circuit Python
            • The Hacking Challenge - BENDER 
            • Flashing Party - Things you should think about - i.e. Design for Drunk Hacker Production
              • You’re going to do the same thing thousands of times, what do we automate?
              • Loop script for provisioning
              • Push bare minimum over serial, then use wifi to complete
              • Turning screen green once flash done and charge at 100%
              • Other thoughts?
                • Really different than what we do, was really fun
                • People like bling more than function, but …
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