Rudder Nonsense: Steering Smart Rowers Off Course

Event: BSides Portland 2024

Android is the most common platform worldwide, encompassing 24k distinct devices across nearly 1300 brands. Seeing the traffic being sent for internet connected embedded Android devices isn’t always easy. This talk illustrates one technique for proxying traffic on a smart rowing machine for the purpose of knowing what data is being sent, how authorizations are being handled for paywall features, as well as showcasing an efficient method for manipulating responses being received.