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   Zhuowei Zhang (zhuowei@notnow.dev)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 12:53:55 JST Zhuowei Zhang
   whelp someone found the firmware flashing mode for the Nintendo Alarmo
   https://x.com/MarcelD505/status/1844751661098573942
   It's an STM32H7 (running a UF2-compatible bootloader - since it shows up as a USB mass storage device)
   https://x.com/MarcelD505/status/1844759042540949679
   with Wi-Fi provided by an NXP (née Marvell Avastar) chip, of all things.
   https://x.com/MarcelD505/status/1844759443101163895
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     Zhuowei Zhang (zhuowei@notnow.dev)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 12:53:52 JST Zhuowei Zhang

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     ... and the modders have code execution (via JTAG/SWD) on the Nintendo Alarmo:
     https://x.com/_spinda/status/1845644595889066248
     
     Whelp that's a new world record for hacking Nintendo any%
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     Zhuowei Zhang (zhuowei@notnow.dev)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 12:53:53 JST Zhuowei Zhang

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     And they're already datamining the Nintendo Alarmo: https://x.com/MarcelD505/status/1845518455950442815
     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: repeated this.
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     Zhuowei Zhang (zhuowei@notnow.dev)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 12:53:54 JST Zhuowei Zhang

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     The devs just found the JTAG (SWD) debugging pins on the Nintendo Alarmo: https://x.com/MarcelD505/status/1845211647675408496
     
     whelp. at this rate, this thing's gonna be running Doom by next week.
     
     (I guessed wrong: It's not a standard 20-pin JTAG as used on a regular ST-Link, because Nintendo.)