> With open hardware that you fully and completely own when you buy it, such problems are impossible. I don't see why, in principle, you couldn't have open har

> With open hardware that you fully and completely own when you buy it, such problems are impossible. I don't see why, in principle, you couldn't have open hardware that provided the same capability to brick the device for unauthorised users. In which case you would be just as SOL if you forgot the credentials to that, too.