RE: Do you think your hardware wallet is safe?

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Do you think your hardware wallet is safe?

in cryptocurrency •  7 years ago  (edited)

They can detect high value transactions and swap out the recipient’s authentic address for an address controlled by the attacker.

I don't think that's possible since the transaction would need to be resigned by the hardware wallet (and that should be a huge red flag to any user).


But still, no wallet if 100% secure and most of the issues you brought up are very real.

I personally prefer a cold paper wallet anyway, although it only works for storage and not every day transactions.

Last, if you don't mind me dropping a link to my article, I think that physical security is extremely overlooked; and no encryption is going to fix that.

source: https://www.xkcd.com/538/, licensed under Creative Commons 2.5


Security is a pain, isn't it...

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'I don't think that's possible since the transaction would need to be resigned by the hardware wallet (and that should be a huge red flag to any user).'

Unfortunately, this is possible as I stated in my article and I believe is it just a matter of time when we hear more about this kind of crimes.

Thank you for reading and commenting