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HYPOXIC
Company blog · gethypoxic.com/blogs/technicalhardwaresecurity
HYPOXIC is the company blog at gethypoxic.com, writing about hardware and security. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “A Practical Guide for Cracking AES-128 Encrypted Firmware Updates (2020)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link HYPOXIC's post on GoPro cutting its workforce and changing its sales strategy. The comments discuss GoPro's cameras, pricing and firmware rather than the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Source for all things “camera” in the world of skydiving and human-flight sports, and the innovations keep coming.
Most-linked posts?
- A Practical Guide for Cracking AES-128 Encrypted Firmware Updates (2020)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-18
What Hacker News says?
Back when gopro first introduced 4k video on their cameras, it was an impressive feat for the price compared with the many thousand+ dollar cameras available at the time. Most midrange+ phones these days can do 4k video. Sure they don't have a wide angle lense, but that is something like a $30 purchase on your favorite eretailer. The problem is that gopro is still selling the same midrange sony sensors, and expectin…
Comment linking /blogs/technical/gopro-hero7-teardown
on “GoPro cuts workforce, changes sales strategy”Submitted A Practical Guide for Cracking AES-128 Encrypted Firmware Updates (2020) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI was gifted a Hero 2018 when I left my last job. I use it for recording my cycle commute because I guess my death at the hands of a homicidal taxi driver should at least be recorded. It comes with a basic set of features. 1080p video and some simple time lapse options. Pretty barebones. Anyway it occasionally freezes when disconnected from the charger so I went and checked if there was a firmware update and it turn…
Comment linking /blogs/technical/latest-gopro-hero-is-actually-a-gopro-hero5
on “GoPro cuts workforce, changes sales strategy”Submitted A practical guide for cracking AES-128 encrypted firmware updates as a story · 2 points
HN discussion