Talk given at DevConf 2026 - South Africa
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Original Abstract
Every dictator needs an army, but world domination is expensive. Can I build the ultimate fighting force using nothing but questionable toys from TEMU?
It’s time to get our ducks in a row and find out.
Join me as we tear apart cheap electronics, reverse engineer the hardware, and hijack communication protocols to mobilize a stationary duck squad. We’ll cover:
- Signal Analysis: Sniffing and decoding protocols.
- Reverse Engineering: Figuring out how all this stuff works
- Hardware Hacking: Modifying the toys to do our bidding.
- Software: Building some software to co-ordinate this new army.
- The “Quack-Team”: Assembling the flock without breaking the bank.
Will it work? Or will it be a total cluster-duck? Come find out.
