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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by henrikeh on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:07AM (#23536923)
One common use case of the fuses is to prevent attack vectors which downgrade software to a vulnerable version. Using the OTP fuses older versions can be prevented from running to some extend.
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