honestillusion on Nostr: I’m trying to understand why some appear to trust a Jade or Seed Signer air-gapped ...
I’m trying to understand why some appear to trust a Jade or Seed Signer air-gapped using a seed QR more than an air-gapped ColdCard, which stores the private keys in a secure element.
It seems to me that an adversary trying to get the private key would potentially have an easier time getting a view of the seed QR than extracting it from a secure element.
I realize this is probably an apples to oranges comparison but what could I be missing in favor of seed QRs in terms of security? #asknostr
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2025-01-30 16:50:53Event JSON
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