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I would warn that these kinds of devices are serialized, so if the cops find them, then they can be used to trace back to you.
Lol in what dimension?
This one?
Here is a picture of the board for a relatively innocuous device, a tamogotchi.
https://proxy.imagearchive.com/53b/53be32971e72c1908b4a4f775b34dd41.jpg
How many components in that one picture have a serial number, batch number, or marking that can be used to identify the component? I counted 10 at a cursory glance.
Electronics devices aren't a monolith with a single serial number. Many components have markings on them to track it for QA and recalls.
Oh did you? Please circle them for me so I can laugh at you
Serial numbers can be removed....
You gonna crack the device open and remove any serial numbers on the components too? What about the board itself? Mfg and batch dates pressed into the inside of the casing?
Do you think they match batch numbers to serial numbers with any sort of efficacy?
Also what about people who resell and don't record the sale?
Are they also a restricted item?
IIRC, they caught some bomber based on a serial part of a radio he bought and repurposed components from.
So yes. They do track that stuff. As for people who resell and don't record the sale, they can track the item to that person and then sweat the story out of them.
Restricted or not, anything electronic you buy has a myriad of serial fingerprints on it that can narrow down the potential pool so suspects to a particular retail location and month.
Edit : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103