I have thought of this kind of things, but for a different reason, which is hardware and software design to prevent the detection of VM and sandboxing (and stea

I have thought of this kind of things, but for a different reason, which is hardware and software design to prevent the detection of VM and sandboxing (and stealth debugging) (if these options are enabled and configured by the end user). This also has the advantage to ensure that if something changes in a newer version which the software does not expect, it can be configured to emulate the older version perfectly, too.