Is it possible to bypass the firmware level protections on flash

if there are exposed leads there is a way. it's this very reason that I laugh at these 'security modules' companies advertise for securing their hardware. Like a module slapped on an insecure board fixes anything. especially with un-shielded leads

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I'm talking about a software level application bricking the hardware.

The firmware on flash devices like thumb drives and SSDs prevent repeated read-writes to the same physical locations on the disk, because each sector can only take so many until it stops working. When a sector stops working the firmware goes around it, sectioning off it and everything around it as useless.

Presumably if you already are able to control the firmware of a device there are other ways to brick it, such as just removing the firmware entirely, but depending on the device the memory could still be recovered or the device could be "un-bricked" with enough work trying to replace the firmware. Corrupting the memory sectors is pretty absolute though, there's no way to recover from something like that, no matter how hard you try. For something like a thumb drive it'd be a minor nuisance, but SSDs can get pricy and flash memory pops up in all sorts of other places, potentially taking other hardware with it.