> You're kidding, right? A bootloader can be a hell of a lot more secure than
> giving direct access to the ICSP interface!!

Sure? After ICSP the security fuses can be set as tight as required. 
With a bootloader there is at the very least code in your chip that can 
write the code space, often it will read too.

And without a tamper-proof housing the ICSP pins are accessible anyway 
(to a sufficiently motivated foo).

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