How do people make patches for closed source software from outside its software company/devs? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/no_stupid_questions@programming.dev

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You see this with some apps (I think ReVanced is a popular example?) and games occasionally, and I've never been clear on how they do it.

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[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Are the tools involved typically called decompilers, or would you happen to know the different names they may go by? Trying to make sure I have some solid terms to guide my own research. Thanks for the response!

[-] bahbah23@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Yep, decompiler is the correct term

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