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Gadgets · by Quiet Marauder · 2026-10-16

Eufy HomeStation 2 teardown: WiFi secrets, UART lockdown and a damaged flash chip

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A fun hardware-hacking writeup: extracting firmware from a smart home hub despite UART lockdowns, and accidentally damaging the flash chip along the way. Do you trust cloud-connected home hubs, or is everything on a separate VLAN in your house?

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Tola Ibrahim · 10 likes

This is why local-only devices matter. Cloud accounts for lightbulbs is silly.

Ananya Rao · 9 likes

Hardware people are brave. I'd have bricked it in the first 10 minutes.

Lucas Silva · 0 likes

I bricked 3 before the one that worked, no shame

Midnight Sparrow · 9 likes

Does anyone know if the vendor fixed the issue? Writeup doesnt say.

Can Arslan · 5 likes

Sold my smart cams after reading stuff like this. No regrets.

Alma Nilsson · 4 likes

Love these writeups. The flash chip part made me wince.

Mateo Cruz · 4 likes

The title alone is a better thriller than most Netflix shows.

Mara Fischer · 3 likes

Everything IoT on its own VLAN, no internet except what's needed. Boring but works.

Ngozi Bello · 3 likes

Mine is the same but my wife unplugs the router when it breaks so...