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Board Hardware wallets
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Re: Secure Element in Hardware Wallets
by
dkbit98
on 17/08/2023, 18:28:58 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1) ,vapourminer (1)
The image in the OP is probken, @dkbit98 maybe you should switch it to Talkimg.

Am I the only one here who's bothered by the fact that there's only one EAL7 on this whole list, and that most of the mainstream hardware wallets either don't have an SE, or low quality one (hence why I chopped out the first few entries)?
I don't really care about EAL numbers so much since nobody can verify this for closed source secure elements.
Hardware wallet can have highest possible EAL rating and it can still be total crap.

It is quite a shame, as HW manufacturers' reputation is built on trust, and I don't see how you're supposed to gather a lot of trust if you only have one hardware wallet released in the last 5 or so years.
I can create my own trust rating but it means nothing, similar like difference between EAL7, EAL6 or EAL5.