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Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

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What it is

Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

Smart home devices should work without the internet direct repository linkDebated

Participants argue that smart home devices should operate locally to prevent vendor lock-in, with some demanding refunds for cloud-dependent hardware while others note consumer preference for convenience over technical complexity. A secondary debate concerns the use of LLMs in generating discussion content, where users criticize AI text as inauthentic and complain about such posts.

442 readable replies · Supporting reply 1 · Supporting reply 2 · Supporting reply 3 · Supporting reply 4

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-07-14 03:00:01 UTC to 2026-11-01 21:05:28 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0123452026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJul 132026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 312026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 3 submissions, 2 comments2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-11-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 commentsOct 26

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 132026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC110
Jul 202026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 272026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 32026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 102026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 172026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 242026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 312026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 72026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 142026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 212026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 282026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 52026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC532
Oct 122026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC413
Oct 192026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 262026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC2026-11-02 00:00:00 UTC303

What Hacker News says

13 sources
toomuchtodo·Nov 1, 2026
Threat modeling exercise for educational and discussion purposes only. You would need to understand the exploit chain needed within an ALPR to determine where a potential weakness would be possible, from camera CCD to the onboard code engine that processes the imagery and ships back to the control plane over a mobile provider network. Not impossible, but not easy, easiest way would be to have an LLM de-compile and search the ALPR's code contents, if one had access to one. This would also help you understand if there was an exploit path into the control plane based on the interface details between the ALPR network and the control plane. Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058850 - October 2026 https://github.com/morluto/rea https://rea.tools
In Can light be used to cyberattack?

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