On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:04:32 -0500, you wrote:

>> I searched through the mailing list archives and came up with a ton of
>> discussion on security, and I know it's been covered several times =
over
>the
>> past few years, but I can't seem to nail down exactly how secure the
>16F87x
>> series chips actually are.  A lot of the past discussion has been over
>> non-flash chips, or earlier F84 versions.
>>
>> Would anyone have any reservations about using these chips in =
production
>> products?
>
>I don't, because code protection is very rarely an issue.  Even if you
>handed a competitor all the binary code on a silver platter, it would
>usually not be much good to them.  It would only be of use in an exact =
copy
>of your product, or would cost a significant effort to dissasemble and
>reverse engineer.  It would usually be cheaper to create their own =
version.
>
>I can see cases where code protection could be an issue, but it would =
have
>to be a very high volume low margin product where piracy is a realy =
threat.
Not always true - low volume high margin products in certain market
areas can also have major security issues, as a few pirate copies
could remove a large proportion of the potential market.=20

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