Context Before I got into reverse engineering, executables always seemed like black magic to me. I always wondered how stuff worked under the hood, and how binary code is represented inside .exe files, and how hard it is to modify this ‘compiled code’ without access to the original source code. But one of the main intimidating hurdles always seemed to be the assembly language, it’s the thing that scares most people away from trying to learn about this field. That’s the main reason why...| 0x44.cc
Context After I’ve noticed my 2019 Samsung TV had support for Google Assistant commands for basic controls such as power, volume, channel, input source, etc., I thought it would be cool to also be able to cast media content using my voice, but I then realized that the only officially supported TVs were labeled ‘Chromecast-enabled’, and that people without those generally end up buying the Chromecast TV stick, for the ‘full compatibility’, which sounds like a waste when you already o...| 0x44.cc
Context As we recently upgraded our home internet to try out Maroc Telecom’s 100mbps fiber offer, I’ve noticed that the Nokia router they installed had horrible Wi-Fi speed - the max I could to get standing next to it was around 60mbps down, while in the opposite room, the speed was always under 10mbps. What’s interesting is the fact that it had decent range - I get full bars most of the time, and my Wi-Fi adapter reports a 300mbps data rate. This got me intrigued, so I tried to take a ...| 0x44.cc
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