As a security nerd I like the idea of a cheap MCU with hardware security, but as an electronics nerd I'm not keen on having users who just want cheap MCU's (the

As a security nerd I like the idea of a cheap MCU with hardware security, but as an electronics nerd I'm not keen on having users who just want cheap MCU's (the majority of Pico users) to have to subsidize a potentially expensive security chip. Last time I looked, smart card chips cost quite a bit more than the RP2350 does. So we're quite possibly talking about adding considerably more than a few pennies a chip, which is already a lot for this type of product. Hmm.