Thank you for the response. I'm still a bit confused.

> What we're discussing here is how to increase the number of PIN retries that 
> are allowed before that locking happens. The counter still protects from 
> brute forcing.
>
> The default is 3 attempts, but I think 5 is still reasonable and a bit 
> "safer" in terms of not accidentally locking yourself out.
>
What's the control on this to stop a bad actor from stealing an OpenPGP card 
and setting the reset count to 99999? I know you alluded to hardware 
implementation, but does the spec require the level 2 password to change this, 
if it can?

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