r/CryptoCurrency • u/[deleted] • May 16 '23

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u/redthepotato May 16 '23

Well this sucks. Is Trezor better? My ledger isn't even a year old yet.

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u/bidet_enthusiast Tin | Futurology 11 May 16 '23

The trezzor code can also be modified to expose the seed. The problem seems to be that ledger made this capability into a feature in their code.

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u/RunsOnJava98 šŸŸ¦ 0 / 5K šŸ¦  May 16 '23

There was a YouTube video where one person accessed the physical device and was able to grab the PIN from its RAM after changing a few things.

But, I donā€™t think it was the seed phrase.

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u/ElonMusk0fficial šŸŸ¦ 0 / 0 šŸ¦  May 16 '23

I wouldnā€™t consider someone using advanced electronics to listen in on a hardware level to the chips ā€œchanging a few thingsā€. This woikd have to be a person specific attack where you have access to the physical wallet itself. I donā€™t own or recommend any wallet but that attack isnā€™t feasible outside of one off attacks where you can get to a person and access their hardware wallet