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Certainly DDR3 memory (as a type of main memory) has less permanence than hard disks (i.e. secondary storage). It's a side effect not a desired goal.

Especially if you're bit-flipping sensitive stuff, there's probably a good hope for protection from recovery at normal temperature after what, 30-60 seconds? So reset is an issue, but "keep sensitive things in RAM vs. on disk" is still a reasonable security precaution.



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