This relates to my "does depend on how it's actually implemented in hardware, however." comment. This can be implemented in secure hardware (and without gettin

This relates to my "does depend on how it's actually implemented in hardware, however." comment. This can be implemented in secure hardware (and without getting into attacks against that), you can make a password attempt, but can't modify the counter which tracks how many incorrect attempts have been made. Sufficient incorrect attempts will see the key material destroyed.