I believe epoxy-filling them a-la IronKey is a good idea, but for longevity reasons, I'd prefer the rechargeable battery to be replaceable.

Maybe it increases the price quite a lot, IDK.

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moduspol 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I had an old Ledger die recently and replaced it with a new one. Didn't even consider being potentially able to replace the battery, but it would have been nice.

On the plus side, I did get to do a "fire drill" of my recovery process, which did work, so that was nice.

	▲	bayindirh 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm a large believer of long-living tools and things in general, so I prefer my tools to be repairable and maintainable. Of course I can't achieve what I want all the time, but being able to use a fixed-function tool till some electronic component dies inside is way more attractive for me to send the same device to recycling or trash just because a part with limited life (and shorter time w.r.t. rest of the device in general) reaches ends of its life.

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glitchc 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Access to battery terminals enables power side-channel attacks such as DPA and CPA.

	▲	bayindirh 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Probably, but you can defend for them as well. We fixed those more than a decade ago, I believe.