[JohnStrange]

True, maybe I overreacted. What worries me is that is apparently supposed to be sold as a general computing device. Tamper-resistant hardware may be used in the military to protect implementations and keys stored in hardware that will eventually get stolen. For other types of data stored? Probably not so much. As I said, reasonable uses for this kind of device are limited.

For ordinary users, deleting everything immediately when someone tampers with it is a recipe for disaster. Sure, they can backup everything in encrypted form, but then the data is not really deleted when somebody tampers with the machine, isn't it?

Regarding the security, well, apart from software-based attacks, how about installing a tiny USB keylogger inside a USB cable that is already used by the user? Or in the keyboard itself? Or a camera that records your keystrokes?

That's what the <insert agency or special interest group of your choice> would be doing in such a case.