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Board Hardware wallets
Re: About BitBox
by
BlackHatCoiner
on 28/04/2022, 17:42:40 UTC
Maybe I misunderstood what the problem was, because there is no new version on the link you posted - which means you can't buy it for cash even if you want to?
That's the problem. There's no BitBox02 in my areas.

The reason I have been deciding not to get a hardware wallet is because of the data leak issue, once the data is given to those companies, then it can be hacked and leaked to hackers just like the Ledger customer's data that was breached.
And that's why I neither do want. I don't want to mess with throwaway phone numbers, email addresses etc. In the end, I'll, inevitably, have my real name included into a database. I've managed to use bitcoin anonymously so far and I could have screwed up in so many ways that I fortunately didn't. It's unjustifiable to do it now for a wallet.

I have one thing about the latest version which is BitBox02, how it supports Address Ownership Proof Protocol (AOPP) which is against privacy.
I wouldn't buy any product from a company which is so anti-privacy and pro-censorship.
I had no idea about this AOPP. But, how does this imply to users who've bought it with cash? As I've said, there's no way I'll ever have a hardware wallet delivered to my house; especially if it requires me to, essentially, submit KYC-kind of details.

Can you ship with fake or anonymous information?
There's Hellenic Post near me, but I don't understand how's this anonymous. I still have to give full name, email address/phone number and home address.