"...key hidden away in a secure chip that....without self-destructing..."
AC "Even if the key hidden away in a secure chip that can't be removed or decapped without self-destructing, thus the ONLY place the encrypted memory can be read is on the actual device?"
Congratulations! You're clearly NOT a hardware cracker! Yay!
Neither am I. But I've seen how they work. Because I have Internet, a video player and *interest*.
One video I saw was cracking a 'totally secure' SmartCard. The card processor had all sorts of physical roadblocks. It took him almost four hours to get the keys out. All friggin' morning. Crikey!
Try CCC.de Media. It's a goldmine of presentations.
It'll shake your worldview to its core.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
