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It's not out of scope for a hardware wallet. It is by design supposed to be losable without compromising your private key. Using an actual secure element (engin
by exoesquitur 8y ago
It's not out of scope for a hardware wallet. It is by design supposed to be losable without compromising your private key. Using an actual secure element (engineered in-silica to thwart this type of side channel exoloit) or even clever software can prevent this attack, or at least make it exponentially more difficult.
- VMG 8y agoYou have to enter a pin before unlocking the trezor, and you can add a passphrase to your wallet. Both make the attack much more expensive for an attacker who just stumbled on the device.