Hi all,
I am using a 12f629 with code protection. I have read and seen places
that advertise reverse engineering or "recovery" of secured devices.

I imagine this would be somewhat easy with a ROM mask type device, if
you could pull the top off, a good enough microscope could see the
ROM.

Is there a way to "read" flash based devices in a similar manner? How
practical would it be for them to connect probes and/or bypass the
protection curcuitry or maybe just unset the CP bit? Is an OTP any
different than a flash in this reguard?

I have even heard (on piclist archives) of special (read: expensive)
programmers that violate the chips in such a way that it could read
the code.

I don't want to do this, I just want to know if anyone knows if it is
possible and how easy or common a practice it is.

Thanks,
  Ben

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