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Hector Martin
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If it ain't broke, I'll fix it! I'm porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs at @AsahiLinux. http://patreon.com/marcan  | http://github.com/sponsors/marcan 

Tokyo, Japan
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    1. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 25 Dec 2020
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      I was just reminded of this piece that I wrote ten years ago now. It is still just as relevant today as it was back then. If you are working on any kind of reverse engineered product for hardware, learn how to care about your users to keep them safe.https://marcan.st/2011/01/safe-hacking/ …

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    2. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 25 Dec 2020
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      That post speaks of 1.2 million installs of The Homebrew Channel, but I think these days we're closer to 10 million. Still zero bricks. We had one near miss, which was saved by the many layers of safety-in-depth I had built in, based on the principles I wrote about there.

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    3. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 25 Dec 2020
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      Thankfully the Apple Silicon macs are largely brick-proof*, though restoring them currently requires another Mac. Making this work from Linux is also a project goal. * I'm sure you can if you try hard enough, and I'll try hard to never go anywhere near there, of course.

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    4. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 25 Dec 2020
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      One of the reasons why we wrote our own flashing code for Wii bootloader flashing is because I took one look at Nintendo's (BroadOn's?) existing API for it, and determined it was completely unfit for purpose and dangerous.

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    5. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 25 Dec 2020
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      It is now well documented that they later bricked a non-trivial fraction of Wiis worldwide, whether they had BootMii or not, when they pushed a dummy bootloader update whose only purpose was to overwrite our installed version (but which unconditionally applied to everyone).

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    6. Parzival Wolfram‏ @ParzivalWolfram 25 Dec 2020
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      "loading unauthorized software on your wii has a high risk of damaging your hardware"

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      Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 26 Dec 2020
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      Well, they technically aren't wrong. Statistically, most users were probably breaking into their Wii to pirate games, and *those* tools definitely weren't written by people following the guidelines I blogged about.

      11:28 AM - 26 Dec 2020
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