[pgeorgi]

> Why lie to the public?

I don't, and TBH I don't find your writing style (of which this is an example) very engaging.

Cr50 is a replacement for the old TPM. It has approximately the same constraints as the Infineon TPM used in the past: firmware updateable, but not for you.

[edit to add: would a mechanism to disable the update mechanisms, at the price of "no warranty" since RMA becomes impossible be acceptable to you? Or would you suspect that there's another update mechanism anyway?]

> Pulling the battery does enable rewrite

Pulling the battery is non-trivial on a device like Pixel C, hence a new mechanism.

[asciilifeform]

My current alternative appears to be to desolder the Cr50 and fabricate harmless replacements (to e.g. init 3.3v rail).

So naturally voids warranties.

> firmware updateable, but not for you

Finally, honesty. It's a Tivo.

[asciilifeform]

The Infineon couldn't force a boot ROM update via USB-C.

[pgeorgi]

> firmware updateable, but not for you

Like the Infineon before it.