A lot of great work has been done in reverse engineering. That's how we learned about routers, cable modems, CPUs and the android OS being comped.
What this release appears to do is make the tech more available for those interested in such things. It's a big shift from being put under surveillance because you downloaded tools that would make it possible as before.
Now all of these tech companies that run firmware with backdoors will be sweating.
The thing that will put this issue into heightened mainstream awareness are individuals and lawfags who know how to make claims for damages against the companies and jail the men and women ru(i)nning them once this is found out.
TECH WRECK 2020