Not really.
Assembled can include or not include:
- soldering work of chips
- connecting components
- final assembly of enclosure
There are ways to have a very trust minimized supply chain. This is only possible with certain parts though and requires effort that most companies don’t want to go through
Well then we are both assuming what Foundation does in their process. I am sure nostr:nprofile1qqs2vrneurk665gq6a2rke572y7mc8ppwr5wnd60mw8fwxharc8xsycpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uchqnm4 would be happy to share more.
Yeah. It could mean a lot of things. With newer chips, there is authenticity certificates and similar, that make it hard to counterfeit at scale.
Visual inspection also could be beneficial in case assembly of the PCB is outsourced.
