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You're making an argument that PROM, WORM, efuses, etc all shouldn't be allowed to exist. They're used for all sorts of features, not just security. You might
by luma 3y ago
You're making an argument that PROM, WORM, efuses, etc all shouldn't be allowed to exist. They're used for all sorts of features, not just security. You might do well to apply the lesson of Chesterton's Fence before you call for a ban on things you don't actually understand.
- josephcsible 3y agoFor legitimate cases of write-once media, it should be legal if and only if it's separate from the rest of the device and easily replaceable (e.g., a socketed chip or a DVD+R). Anywhere that write-once media is permanently attached to something else, it inevitably ends up being used for evil.