At least the embedded devices I work on don’t expose any (reasonable) method to persuade them to do anything other than their intended job, so sure, steal the d

At least the embedded devices I work on don’t expose any (reasonable) method to persuade them to do anything other than their intended job, so sure, steal the device if you like. With enough effort you can probably turn it into a general purpose computer, but you’re not getting any of the secrets off it.