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Posted by thm 1 day ago

Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Crypto-thieves-sell-hardware-wa...

https://crypto.news/ledger-confirms-hidden-chip-in-crypto-wa...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnHdr30v4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4FEFlgv3Q

https://www.tibane.net/research/ledger-nano-x-implant

390 points | 305 commentspage 6
InsidiousWombat 13 hours ago|
finally, good use for eSIMs /s But damn, it's hard problem to fix. Put it in epoxy and while tampering is harder (not impossible! also can just replace whole module), you can't verify it
wartywhoa23 1 day ago||
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astverskoy 1 day ago||
Crypto is a gift to scammers: billions stolen, victims left with little recourse, and no effective government oversight.
dgellow 1 day ago||
And yet on this exact website people critical of the industry were ridiculed with the exact same rhetoric adopted by the AI industry. It was touted by so many as inevitable, and how we will all be left behind if we don’t join the cult
brokensegue 1 day ago||
I think hn was generally more skeptical of crypto then AI
dgellow 1 day ago||
It really depends the year, but yes, overall I think that’s correct, a majority rejected the crypto bull narrative. While also a significant number of people were pushing it. the same money behind the crypto push has been behind the AI push. And the same peer pressure arguments are used
cindyllm 1 day ago||
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knorker 14 hours ago||
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Dogs = cryptocurrencies. Fleas = scammed.

JKCalhoun 14 hours ago||
Yep. Crypto is more clever than I am—and there are scammers in the field equally so.

(My hardware wallet is made of pleather and holds paper bills.)

jaekwon 9 hours ago||
your fiat goes brrrrr
knorker 3 hours ago||
It's been going very well, yes thanks.

Much better than the average crypto gambler.

The cash has been acting as a medium of exchange (something the cryptocurrency industry has given up on, at this point), which is its job, and my wealth is in capital. And capital is what the world runs on. And it's done really well.

Cytobit 1 day ago||
What is the use case of a hardware cryptocurrency wallet besides trapping bitcoins in the Shadow Realm?
numpad0 1 day ago||
Like any HSMs, to put private keys in it and to let things be signed with it.
mitxela 1 day ago||
Making sure malware on your PC can't steal your private keys.
Oh-Kay_Labs 13 hours ago||
Oh-Kay_Labs have said it for years. Not only hackers and thieves go for them, but also kidnappers and robbers. If anyone knows you have one, and things could be much worse. Use paper-wallets, old phones and encrypted USBs instead.
arccy 11 hours ago||
use leather wallets and paper cash...
KetoManx64 11 hours ago||
Government currencies deflates at 15% a year, Bitcoin doesn't.
etchalon 4 hours ago||
Bitcoin has lost 25% of it's value in the last year.
akimbostrawman 12 hours ago|||
>Use paper-wallets, old phones and encrypted USBs instead.

None of these prevent thieves or anybody from knowing you have one worth stealing. The actual solution is to not use fundamentally broken transparent crypto like BTC that broadcasts to the whole world your exact funds and ties them to your identity on every transaction. With monero your funds could be 0,10 or 10 billion and that is nobody's business.

expedition32 12 hours ago||
Or just open a bank account like a normal person. But I suppose that requires deprogramming yourself out of the crypto cult.
birdsongs 14 hours ago|
Garbage website that doesn't allow me to reject tracking cookies without paying.

> Data processing by advertising providers including personalised advertising with profiling

> Consent [required for free use]

jocoda 10 hours ago||
Just delete the cookies after if you absolutely must go to the site.
cowlevel 14 hours ago||
Most websites do this, they just don't give you the option.