This presentation by one of the guys at Bitbox claims air-gapping offers little practical benefit:
https://youtu.be/UdNxecnAcF8
As far as firmware updates goes, though, it gives me incredible peace of mind doing it via SD compared to USB, since even if the firmware update is malicious, it can’t extract your seed remotely if it’s air-gapped.
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2024-04-21 00:14:59
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2024-04-21 00:14:59Event JSON
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