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The trouble with using a hammer is that you'll need to break the flash chips themselves. Breaking just the board isn't enough if the contents are not encrypted.
by tooltower 5y ago
The trouble with using a hammer is that you'll need to break the flash chips themselves. Breaking just the board isn't enough if the contents are not encrypted. The chips are easy for an adversary to identify, but difficult for an average consumer.
I have no idea what a magnet is supposed to do to flash chips, though. I thought that only affects magnetic media like hard drives.
- WalterBright 5y agoPeople buying your stuff on ebay or from the thrift store are not going to desolder the flash chip and solder it into an identical board. They'll just move on to an easier target. It's like locking the door on your house. Sure, someone really wanting to get in will bypass it. Opportunistic criminals, which are the vast majority, will just move on. You just have to not be the slowest guy in the herd running away from the leopard.