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Re:Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Cr... by simlevesque on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @04:41PM (#15352111)
Can't you steal a hardware wallet ?
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Re:Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Cr... by mrb on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @04:53PM (#15352239)
They are typically PIN-protected. And you can back them up by writing the 12/24-word seed in a safe/hidden spot.
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Re:Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Cr... by Pinckney on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:13PM (#15354269)
What assurance do I have that the HW wallet vendor doesn't have my seed written down for when they decide to retire?
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Re:Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Cr... by mrb on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:08AM (#15354499)
If you are paranoid you can choose your own random seed when initializing the wallet.
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