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Sure, it's just that from my point-of-view I'd be toast anyway if anyone managed to gain that level of access.
Depending on the number of devices you have, your threat model, it can be helpful to set up a security hierarchy. So you only need to worry about securing the devices at the top of the hierarchy, and can play loose and careless with the devices lower down. That way it's less likely to lose everything due to one mistake