> A tax on the mistaken believe that NVidia has an monopoly on putting transitions in a particular configuration which they obviously don't
NVIDIA doesn't place transistors in particular configurations. Foundries do that for them. And it is currently common sense that the software is the moat, not the hardware design.
It definitely exists in Amsterdam, no? When I visit I just tap my card/phone on NFC enabled card checking machines (which exist in and out of the stations)
I was purely focusing on whether or not it uses eFuses, literally, which it 100% absolutely does. I was not making any other such claims.
Indeed it may be true today that "restoring stock firmware and relocking the bootloader will give you a normal Pixel", I completely understand what you mean.
But that is NOT the same thing as "Pixels do not have eFuses to flag devices that have been modified before". Please share data supporting this claim if you have it.
It is possible that existing Pixels have such eFuses that internally flag your device (perhaps bubbling up to the Google Play Integrity APIs) but they don't kill device features per Google's good will.
My question is 100% about the hardware inside the Titan M2 and how it is used by Google. I don't think the answer is public, and anyone who has reverse engineered it to such detail won't share the answer either.
The Pixel 6 is mentioned specifically about eFuses which is the technical detail that caught my attention in this thread.
> The Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Pixel 6 and Samsung Galaxy S22 are known for using eFuses this way.[8]
Anti-rollback protection is a security feature, eFuses are hardware primitives that can be used to implement it. Bootloader locking is another security feature that can be implemented with eFuses.
If you have any data denying the use of eFuses in the Pixel 6, please share it, that is what I was interested in this sub-thread. I really did not understand the relevance and the correctness of your comment.
Where are you getting this information? For what it is worth, Wikipedia mentions the Pixel 6 on the eFuse page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFuse
Myself I have not reverse engineered the Titan M2 security chip, but surely it uses eFuse or OTP memory for anti rollback protection mechanisms and such.
These are really basic hardware security primitives. I'm curious why you're under the impression Pixels wouldn't use eFuse.
Not sure why you're calling this non-unlockable. Everything is unlockable with enough money.