<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>waxwing wrote</title><author_name>waxwing (npub1va…knuu7)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1vadcfln4ugt2h9ruwsuwu5vu5am4xaka7pw6m7axy79aqyhp6u5q9knuu7</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Maybe people will finally realise (a) it&#39;s easier to audit software than hardware (b) the threat model on hardware isn&#39;t realistically backdooring general purpose computers when they don&#39;t even know what software you&#39;ll run (c) you don&#39;t have to rip out network cards, if there is no accessible internet.&#xA;&#xA;Maybe, maybe not ;)&#xA;&#xA;I wonder if I was influenced by getting into bitcoin before hardware wallets existed. Back then the discussion was &#34;don&#39;t be a dumbass and run your wallet on windows&#34; and &#34;keep it on a separate machine&#34;. People were running wallets on phones and getting into arguments about how much is safe to keep on it - I guess that just hasn&#39;t changed at all. BIP32 was just starting to become commonplace and people realized the &#39;watch only&#39; concept could work (a massive step forward imo), people were just starting to tinker with the idea of special purpose devices, I remember Trezor starting up. I played with one a few times, small amounts, it&#39;s kind of cool technology, but I could never bring myself to put much money on it. It&#39;s sitting in a drawer, empty, now. I bought a couple Coldcards, gave one to a guy in El Salvador who used it for teaching, the other one sat in my drawer until the hack, shortly after which I took it out of its bag and used it as a teaching demonstration, myself. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.</html></oembed>