So, how would you resist a $5 wrench attack? Willpower?
Deniability, and giving the attacker what they want.
I have my stash split among a range of wallets. These wallets are a range of single-sig, multi-sig, passphrased, etc., as well as a range of software, hardware, paper, airgapped, etc. I can easily hand over a couple of these wallets to an attacker. Meanwhile, all the wallets are completely separate, both from a physical perspective and a blockchain perspective, so no wallet gives any indication as to the presence of any other wallets.
This is part of the reason I am such an advocate for good privacy. Good privacy lends itself to good security. If an attacker does not know your addresses, your wallet configuration, or even if you have bitcoin at all, then you are less of a target.
The modus operandi is that they make sure no one is home, enter, and look for something of value to take, but they do it quickly. I would say that in 5 or 10 minutes they are gone.
Seems unlikely then that they would find a well hidden seed phrase, but personally I would still be looking to move any coins from any seed phrases hidden in that location to a new wallet.
I think we agree that the best protection against attempts to steal your bitcoins is that no one knows you have them.
Absolutely.