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Every teardown, tutorial and rant. New videos land on YouTube first; the best ones get writeups on the blog.
Fresh out of the lab
The chip matrix
| Camera | SoC | SecureBoot | thingino |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyze V3 Pro | Ingenic T31 | Off from factory | Yes — easy installer |
| Wyze V4 | Ingenic T31 | Pwned (2⁻³² per trial) | Yes — easy installer |
| Wyze Pan V4 | Ingenic T31 | Pwned (2⁻³² per trial) | Yes — easy installer |
| Sonoff PT2 | Ingenic T31 | Not enabled | Yes — no-tools script |
| Most Ingenic T31 cams | T31 / X31 | Varies | Check the thingino wiki |
Can your camera run thingino?
Coverage from the Ingenic secureboot advisory — Josh validated and content-edited the advisory. Full camera list on the thingino wiki.
| Camera | SoC | SecureBoot | thingino |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyze Cam V3 Pro | T31X | Vulnerable | Yes |
| Wyze Cam V4 | T31X | Vulnerable | Yes |
| Wyze Pan V4 | T31X | Vulnerable | Yes |
| Sonoff Cam PT2 | T31X | Vulnerable | Yes — no-tools install |
| Vigilant VSR-60 (Uniview) | Hi3516 | Not affected | No — different SoC family |
Browse the archive
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CH341A Flash Programmer, Fixed — the programmer everyone owns, the voltage bug that kills 3.3V chips, and the ten-minute fix. 31K views and counting.
No-Tools Thingino Install on the Sonoff PT2 — zero soldering, zero tools. The friendliest first step into open camera firmware.
The secureboot saga
Unlocking Wyze: Ingenic SecureBoot Is Broken — the T31 flaw, the math, and every camera it sets free.
Do You Really Own Your Devices? The SecureBoot Problem — why vendor lock-in masquerades as security.
Wyze Cam V4 Disassembly & Firmware Extraction — the full teardown that set this up.
Reverse engineering
We Reverse Engineered the IronKey — Kingston shipped a $165 encrypted drive with no Linux support. Two weeks of protocol archaeology later, it unlocks with our own tool.
Why "Encrypted" Doesn't Mean "Secure" — the lock icon on the box means nothing about what's protecting your data.
Lives & repairs
Thinkpad Repair LIVE — Touchpad Swap — replacing the touchpad on a Thinkpad 13 Gen 2 with chat along for the ride.
LIVE: Disassemble the Wyze V4 — the 38-minute session where the V4 got opened in real time.
This $10 Programmer Has a Fatal Flaw — the origin story of the CH341A fix.
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