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Re:Show HN: Picohsm, a $5 open-source hsm by kam on Sunday March 31, 2024 @04:35PM (#39887844)
It says it encrypts the SPI flash with a PIN provided over USB on every boot...but if you can trust the host to store/handle the PIN, why can't the host do the rest of the cryptography too?
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