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Here at Hackaday, about the only thing we like more than writing up tales of reverse engineering heroics is writing up tales of reverse engineering heroics that succeed in jailbreaking …read more Continue reading IoT Air Purifier Makes a Great Case Study in Reverse Engineering
When [Unethical Info] was looking at air purifiers a while back, their eye fell on a Xiaomi 4 Pro, with a purchase quickly made. Fast-forward a while and suddenly the …read more Continue reading Hacking A Xiaomi Air Purifier’s Filter DRM To Extend Its Lifespan
In the years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s fair to say we’ve all become a lot more aware of the air quality surrounding us. Many of us …read more Continue reading A Practical Open Source Air Purifier
[Flamingo-tech]’s Xiaomi air purifier has a neat safety feature: it will refuse to run if a filter needs replacement. Of course, by “neat” we mean “annoying”. Especially when the purifier …read more Continue reading Air Filter DRM? Hacker Opts Out With NFC Sticker
A lot of hackers are rightfully concerned about the privacy issues that surround many of today’s “smart” gadgets, but it’s hard to argue that the ability to remotely control devices …read more Continue reading ESP32 Brings Air Purifier Online with Home Assistant
The “razor and blades model” probably set a lot of young hackers on their current trajectory. If we buy a widget, we want to pick our widget refills instead of …read more Continue reading Clearing the Air about Proprietary Consumables with a Xiaomi Filter DRM Resetter