A security researcher obviously can't trust those devices anymore.
If I were him I would sell them and buy new ones.
If I were him I would sell them and buy new ones.
He would not sell these devices. He would be someone who feeds false information into them to screw with people that are on the other end, and laugh manically while doing so.
In all honesty, I think a security researcher would be more curious figuring out what they did.
But another thought that crosses my mind is that future disclosures and research may give him new insight to inspect the equipment and try to understand the extent of potential compromise. I would replace it but then hold onto it forever. Twenty years from now, the parts could be a goldmine for documenting what will surely be a historically significant time in the world of surveillance and privacy.
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