> And espressif should have closed that gap without external pressure. There is a possibility it did not cross their minds that those instructions could an iss

> And espressif should have closed that gap without external pressure. There is a possibility it did not cross their minds that those instructions could an issue. In their blog post they were very open about what does commands do and it looks like some of their clients that do advanced things with their chips are also aware of the instructions. Probably the idea that the company is Chinese was enough to not bother asking the manufacturer for documentation about the instructions.