Y is coldcard transparent?
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Verify circuitry
Has anyone actually verified it for themselves? Y do I get the feeling 99% haven’t
Verify it hasn't been tampered after purchase I guess, evil maid attack. Not necessarily verify as received from coin kite.
Most attack vectors/scenarios are mental exercises in who can come up with the best science fiction attack. That said I still find the exercise useful.
Costs nothing for coin kite to make it semi translucent, and pacifies the autists imagining their James Bond. 99% gimmick
I want a nice aluminum version 😜
Every attack is theoretical until it isn't. How do you think attackers come up with novel attacks? Imagination and tinkering.
Verification is important, and most people probably don't do it, but making things more difficult to verify doesn't make the situation better. The fact that something can be verified if likely a deterrent or at least makes attacks more challenging. That's my view on FOSS software. For example, very few people have audited the Linux kernel. Even the people working on it are working on parts. But I trust it more than something like Windows because it CAN be audited.
But doing something and having the ability to do something are different issues. Most people probably don't because they know fuck all about electronics, kernels, etc.
So that you can see that it’s clean ?