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.
Awesome + informative, thank you 🙏
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I haven't watched this presy but is he relying on the secure element?
Bitbox does have a secure element, but this presentation is primarily about whether or not air gapping is beneficial.
The reason I asked about SE, CuckCard uses 2 now so I was curious.
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I think there is a clear benefit for Airgap, even moreso after watching his presentation.
Especially the benefit of QR signing.
Only so much data can be fit into a QR code.
In his defense, there was no product available that effectively signed QR transactions as smoothly as SeedSigner does today or even a year or two ago.
He did this examination in 2020-21.
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