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Abandoned IoT devices reverse engineered with a logic analyser

A commenter gave Claude and DeepSeek control of a USB flash writer, a logic analyser and a power relay to take apart abandoned smart devices, with partial success.

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  • HN commenter devmor Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 3 Nov 2026

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A Hacker News commenter says they have partly reverse engineered several abandoned smart devices by giving Claude and DeepSeek direct control of a USB flash programmer, a logic analyser and a power relay wired to each device. They haven't written the work up.

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From a passing comment or social post, so the details are thin.

  • Hacker News: I don t know about security devices specifically, but I have semi-successfully reverse engineered soForum threadnews.ycombinator.com
    HN commenter: devmorPosted 3 Nov 2026

    The Hacker News comment.

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