using pinebook as an airgapped machine

[ThomasFink]

it should be worth it to spend a couple of days researching

Thanks for the detailed response. I watched some videos on how to desolder component. Doesn't seem complicated but requires special tools and involves some risk. So I was hoping PineBook creators would spare us the effort and the risk.

or that there has been any interest of one thus far.

We use regular laptops with removable modules. A cheap highly portable alternative like Pinebook or even better, PineTab, would directly compete with hardware wallets like Ledger and Trezor. Users would boot from a custom live distro like BitKey and transfer signed transactions using QR codes. No need to trust the HW wallet for key generation, not leaking the private when connected to a live machine, ..etc

Actually there is a similar to kill switch implementation on Pinebook Pro, but it is a toggle switch. This feature still checking out and will introduce if works well.

Is it hardware based? Is it possible to independently verify it will always work as designed?