web01.fireside.fm Sun, 24 May 2026 23:49:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Esp32” https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/tags/esp32 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:00:00 -0500 The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology. en-us episodic The community centered show where you are the content! Noah J. Chelliah The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology. no Noah J. Chelliah live@asknoahshow.com Ask Noah Show 432 https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/432 5b4b05cc-a238-4592-831a-39c4aabe96f4 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:00:00 -0500 Noah J. Chelliah full Noah J. Chelliah This week the news of an "ESP backdroor" spread around the internet like wildfire. We dig into the technical details as to what happened, and what if any, the risk is. 53:51 no <p>This week the news of an "ESP backdroor" spread around the internet like wildfire. We dig into the technical details as to what happened, and what if any, the risk is.</p> <h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3> <h4>00:52 Intro</h4> <ul> <li>Thank you for visiting at Scale</li> <li>Weather</li> <li>Cutting Silicon Wafers</li> <li><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WHmRj2mZ-dk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube Video</a></li> </ul> <h4>Sleuth - Live</h4> <ul> <li>Ham Radio Liscnse Address requirement</li> <li><a href="https://www.arrl.org/fcc-licensee-privacy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ARRL Privacy</a></li> <li>Private Mail Box <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nomadswithapurpose.com/south-dakota-residency-full-time-rv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nomads With a Purpose</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dakotapost.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dakota Post</a></li> <li><a href="https://americasmailbox.com/south-dakota-residency/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">America's Mailbox</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>QSL Cards</li> </ul> <h4>09:15 HVAC follow up - Ziggy</h4> <ul> <li>Boiler Heat</li> <li>Equipment Interface Module</li> <li>How boilers work</li> <li>ESP32</li> <li>Pull the old thermostat</li> <li>Be careful making changes on the boiler</li> <li><a href="https://venstar.com/thermostats/colortouch/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Venstar Thermostats</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Intrusion-TH6320ZW2003/dp/B07H5FR7WL/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Honeywell Intrusion</a></li> </ul> <h4>21:49 Fedora on PI Boot Problems - Mark</h4> <ul> <li>Other people report Fedora "hangs" on Raspberry Pi 4</li> <li>Try it on another pi</li> <li>Raspberry Pi 5</li> </ul> <h4>27:16 News Wire</h4> <ul> <li><p>Samba 4.22 - <a href="https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.22.0.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">samba.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Pipewire 1.4 - <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/releases/1.4.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gitlab.freedesktop.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Thunderbird 136 - <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/136.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thunderbird.net</a></p></li> <li><p>Firefox 136 - <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/136.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mozilla.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Ubuntu Touch OTA 8 - <a href="https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-8-release-26" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ubports.com</a></p></li> <li><p>ExTix 25.3 - <a href="https://linux.exton.net/extix-25-3-kde-plasma-and-the-ubuntu-desktop-together-with-waydroid-waydroid-lets-you-launch-a-complete-android-system-on-linux-with-gapps-build-250305/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">linux.exton.net</a></p></li> <li><p>Tails 6.13 - <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-13/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">torproject.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Garuda Linux Broadwing - <a href="https://www.opensourcefeed.org/garuda-linux-broadwing-release/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">opensourcefeed.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Malicious Go Packages - <a href="https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/seven-malicious-go-packages-found.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thehackernews.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Alibaba qwq - <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/alibabas-new-open-source-model-qwq-32b-matches-deepseek-r1-with-way-smaller-compute-requirements/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">venturebeat.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Light-R1-32B - <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/new-open-source-math-model-light-r1-32b-surpasses-equivalent-deepseek-performance-with-only-1000-in-training-costs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">venturebeat.com</a></p></li> <li><p>EFF Rayhunter - <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eff.org</a></p></li> </ul> <h4>28:38 Software Freedom Conservancy Interview</h4> <ul> <li>Denver Gingerich - Director of Compliance</li> <li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/activities/openwrt-one.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">OpenWRT One</a></li> <li>Powered over PoE</li> <li>$10 of purchase price goes to OpenWRT</li> <li>Target audience</li> <li>Un-brickable</li> <li>Made by BananaPi</li> </ul> <h4>36:10 Considering OpenWRT One</h4> <ul> <li>Steve for family?</li> <li>On par with any consumer router</li> <li>OpenWRT vs OPNSense</li> <li>Very well put together</li> <li><h4>39:35 ESP32 "Backdoor"</h4></li> <li><p>The basics</p></li> <li><p>Wireless has to talk</p></li> <li><p>What the company did</p></li> <li><p>opcode3f</p></li> <li> <p>Undocumented Commands</p> <ul> <li>0xFC30 - Register Read</li> <li>0xFC31 - Register write</li> <li>0xFC32 - Set MAC Address</li> <li>0xFC07 - Write Flash</li> <li>0xFC08 - Read Flash</li> <li>0xFC0E - Send LMP Packet (different layers of the bluetooth stack)</li> </ul> </li> <li><p>What they are not telling you</p></li> <li><p>Much to do about nothing</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43330331" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ycombinator.com</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="https://www.espressif.com/en/news/Response_ESP32_Bluetooth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Espressif Response</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dark Mentor</a></p></li> </ul> <h4>46:37 Vizio Lawsuit</h4> <ul> <li>SFC filed Oct 19 2021</li> <li>Vizio tried to move the lawsuit</li> <li>Going to trial in this year in Oct</li> <li>SFC became a hardware manufacture to avoid fighting these lawsuits</li> </ul> <h4>51:00 Steve's eBook Tinkering</h4> <ul> <li>Started to help ChrisLAS</li> <li>Extending the program</li> </ul> <h3><strong>-- The Extra Credit Section --</strong></h3> <p>For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!</p> <p><a href="http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/432" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <p>Join us in our dedicated chatroom <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">#GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix</a></p> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <p>&gt; <a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> <p><strong>Need more help than a radio show can offer? 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-- During The Show --

00:52 Intro

  • Thank you for visiting at Scale
  • Weather
  • Cutting Silicon Wafers
  • YouTube Video

Sleuth - Live

09:15 HVAC follow up - Ziggy

21:49 Fedora on PI Boot Problems - Mark

  • Other people report Fedora "hangs" on Raspberry Pi 4
  • Try it on another pi
  • Raspberry Pi 5

27:16 News Wire

28:38 Software Freedom Conservancy Interview

  • Denver Gingerich - Director of Compliance
  • OpenWRT One
  • Powered over PoE
  • $10 of purchase price goes to OpenWRT
  • Target audience
  • Un-brickable
  • Made by BananaPi

36:10 Considering OpenWRT One

  • Steve for family?
  • On par with any consumer router
  • OpenWRT vs OPNSense
  • Very well put together

  • 39:35 ESP32 "Backdoor"

  • The basics

  • Wireless has to talk

  • What the company did

  • opcode3f

  • Undocumented Commands

    • 0xFC30 - Register Read
    • 0xFC31 - Register write
    • 0xFC32 - Set MAC Address
    • 0xFC07 - Write Flash
    • 0xFC08 - Read Flash
    • 0xFC0E - Send LMP Packet (different layers of the bluetooth stack)

  • What they are not telling you

  • Much to do about nothing

  • Ycombinator.com

  • Espressif Response

  • Dark Mentor

46:37 Vizio Lawsuit

  • SFC filed Oct 19 2021
  • Vizio tried to move the lawsuit
  • Going to trial in this year in Oct
  • SFC became a hardware manufacture to avoid fighting these lawsuits

51:00 Steve's eBook Tinkering

  • Started to help ChrisLAS
  • Extending the program

-- The Extra Credit Section --

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]]> This week the news of an "ESP backdroor" spread around the internet like wildfire. We dig into the technical details as to what happened, and what if any, the risk is.

-- During The Show --

00:52 Intro

  • Thank you for visiting at Scale
  • Weather
  • Cutting Silicon Wafers
  • YouTube Video

Sleuth - Live

09:15 HVAC follow up - Ziggy

21:49 Fedora on PI Boot Problems - Mark

  • Other people report Fedora "hangs" on Raspberry Pi 4
  • Try it on another pi
  • Raspberry Pi 5

27:16 News Wire

28:38 Software Freedom Conservancy Interview

  • Denver Gingerich - Director of Compliance
  • OpenWRT One
  • Powered over PoE
  • $10 of purchase price goes to OpenWRT
  • Target audience
  • Un-brickable
  • Made by BananaPi

36:10 Considering OpenWRT One

  • Steve for family?
  • On par with any consumer router
  • OpenWRT vs OPNSense
  • Very well put together

  • 39:35 ESP32 "Backdoor"

  • The basics

  • Wireless has to talk

  • What the company did

  • opcode3f

  • Undocumented Commands

    • 0xFC30 - Register Read
    • 0xFC31 - Register write
    • 0xFC32 - Set MAC Address
    • 0xFC07 - Write Flash
    • 0xFC08 - Read Flash
    • 0xFC0E - Send LMP Packet (different layers of the bluetooth stack)

  • What they are not telling you

  • Much to do about nothing

  • Ycombinator.com

  • Espressif Response

  • Dark Mentor

46:37 Vizio Lawsuit

  • SFC filed Oct 19 2021
  • Vizio tried to move the lawsuit
  • Going to trial in this year in Oct
  • SFC became a hardware manufacture to avoid fighting these lawsuits

51:00 Steve's eBook Tinkering

  • Started to help ChrisLAS
  • Extending the program

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

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