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Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 9 Jan 2026 · 1h 00m · Episode 77

What this episode covers

Jen and Alvaro, hosts of the Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast, discuss 2025 trends including the consolidation of media power, the Right to Repair movement, and the rise of surveillance technologies like Flock cameras. They highlight the work of 404 Media, iFixit, and researchers like Ben Jordan and Jon GainSec in exposing privacy violations and promoting repairability. The conversation also covers the ethical implications of AI, the democratization of hardware via cheap microcontrollers like the ESP32 and RP2040, and personal projects involving debugging tools and vintage computing.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
404 Media, iFixit, Flock, Audible, The Story Graph, Letterboxd
Chips
ESP32, RP2040
Tools
Ghidra, J-Link, Zephyr

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