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The AI cracked his camera's firmware keys and, later, its licensing checks

The AI wrote a deobfuscator and cracked keys for Sony camera firmware updates, and later cracked licensing checks via a test generator trick.

How it works

  1. The AI writes a deobfuscator and cracks the keys for the camera's firmware updates
  2. And later cracks its licensing checks via a test generator trick

Why it’s worth knowing

Two locks, two different picks, one patient agent.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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