 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

The <splitting field> over $\mathbb F_2$ is $\mathbb F_{16}$, and it contains the unique subfield $\mathbb F_4$. Over $\mathbb F_4$, Frobenius is the square of the order-four $\mathbb F_2$ Frobenius, so it has two orbits of length two on the four roots. Thus $f$ factors into two irreducible quadratics, and
$$
\boxed{\operatorname{Gal}(f/\mathbb F_4)\simeq C_2,}
$$
generated by $x\mapsto x^4$ on $\mathbb F_{16}$.

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