I wasnt aware of this wifi blob. This feeds a tiny paranoia I have at the back of my head when dealing with esp32/espressif. I have dozens of esp32s around and I love them, but Espressif is 100% Chinese.
Im uncomfortable with what I read that every company of significant size in China automatically requires CCP party members to be involved in the company at a high level.
So Im very happy to hear people such as these guys are looking deep at this.
Ofcourse since Espressif controls the hardware, so they can do anything eventually. My itch will always be there and Im going to switch once I find something made in preferably the EU when I find something comparable to esp32. Maybe Nordic Semiconductors will make some nice risk-v chips and dev-boards soon.
Im uncomfortable with what I read that every company of significant size in China automatically requires CCP party members to be involved in the company at a high level.
So Im very happy to hear people such as these guys are looking deep at this.
Ofcourse since Espressif controls the hardware, so they can do anything eventually. My itch will always be there and Im going to switch once I find something made in preferably the EU when I find something comparable to esp32. Maybe Nordic Semiconductors will make some nice risk-v chips and dev-boards soon.