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<noinclude><div style="padding-left:1.6rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;">''This is part of the [[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]] article.''</div></noinclude>

~~Bambu Connect is an [[Help:Electron|Electron]] app with [[security through obscurity]], which makes it inherently insecure.~~<noinclude>

The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate the trivial process of extracting the "private keys" used for communicating with [[Bambu Lab|Bambu]] devices to examine, and challenge, the technical basis for Bambu Lab's security justification of Bambu Connect.

Bambu Connect is an [[Electron]] app with [[security through obscurity]], which makes it inherently insecure. The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate the trivial process of extracting the "private keys" used for communicating with [[Bambu Lab|Bambu]] devices to examine, and challenge, the technical basis for Bambu Lab's security justification of Bambu Connect.

'''Update (March 11, 2025)''': Bambu Connect v1.2.1-beta.5<ref>https://public-cdn.bblmw.com/upgrade/bambu-connect/updates/versions/1.2.1-beta.5/bambu-connect-v1.2.1-beta.5-win32-x64.exe - public-cdn.bblmw.com - accessed 2025-03-18</ref> obfuscated main.js with electron-vite's v8 bytecode plugin<ref>{{Cite web |title=electron-vite Source Code Protection |url=https://electron-vite.org/guide/source-code-protection#what-is-v8-bytecode |access-date=2025-03-18}}</ref>. The key can likely be obtained by dumping the process memory.

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 <noinclude><div style="padding-left:1.6rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;">''This is part of the [[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]] article.''</div></noinclude>
-Bambu Connect is an [[Help:Electron|Electron]] app with [[security through obscurity]], which makes it inherently insecure.<noinclude>
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 {{GuideNotice}}
-The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate the trivial process of extracting the "private keys" used for communicating with [[Bambu Lab|Bambu]] devices to examine, and challenge, the technical basis for Bambu Lab's security justification of Bambu Connect.
+Bambu Connect is an [[Electron]] app with [[security through obscurity]], which makes it inherently insecure. The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate the trivial process of extracting the "private keys" used for communicating with [[Bambu Lab|Bambu]] devices to examine, and challenge, the technical basis for Bambu Lab's security justification of Bambu Connect.
 '''Update (March 11, 2025)''': Bambu Connect v1.2.1-beta.5<ref>https://public-cdn.bblmw.com/upgrade/bambu-connect/updates/versions/1.2.1-beta.5/bambu-connect-v1.2.1-beta.5-win32-x64.exe - public-cdn.bblmw.com - accessed 2025-03-18</ref> obfuscated main.js with electron-vite's v8 bytecode plugin<ref>{{Cite web |title=electron-vite Source Code Protection |url=https://electron-vite.org/guide/source-code-protection#what-is-v8-bytecode |access-date=2025-03-18}}</ref>. The key can likely be obtained by dumping the process memory.