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Awesome tool/project.

These blind (or "magic"; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures) extractors can be handy is a very wide range of applications.

From firmware/device image hacking to reverse engineering to data recovery.

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Yes, we developed a framework "unblob core" which can be extended easily [1] to any use-case. For example, a separate Python package could contain format specifications for "forensic analysis" or "game assets" (these two came to my mind, because we already got requests for them).

[1]: https://unblob.org/development/#writing-handlers

The forensic unpacking is such a powerful use case :)

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