Comment by ronsor
16 days ago
Because card readers brick themselves if opened or tampered with. If Ledger designed their hardware the same, this attack would not be possible.
16 days ago
Because card readers brick themselves if opened or tampered with. If Ledger designed their hardware the same, this attack would not be possible.
So we are going with an additional layer of complexity?
What happens if my wallet bricks itself due to some misconfiguration or environmental transient? I don't have to keep multiple redundant copies of my payment cards around just in case my physical wallet self destructs.