• Dave.@aussie.zone
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    15 days ago

    It’s designed and implemented for copy protection. Otherwise you can design a esp32 device that includes software you’ve written and 15 minutes later a clone device with exactly the same software will appear on <insert Chinese electronics website here>

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      13 days ago

      I mostly understand how these fuses prevent say downgrading firmware, but could t a Chinese firm looking to clone one of these also just clone the number of blow. Fuses equally trivially if the goal is just an also working device with stock firmware?