Re: Ledger nano x reset by itself or did it? And security concerns.
-> 1)
I don't see a reason why your device could be compromised just because you recovered your wallet from your mnemonic recovery words. As long as those recovery words haven't touched an online device, your wallet should be safe (as far as this can be assumed for the Ledger crap because of their stupid Recovery subscription code in their closed-source firmware).
Why do you carry your hardware wallet for days in your pocket, kinda unprotected from unwanted button presses as it sounds?
-> 2)
The code to exfiltrate your wallet seed is in their closed-source firmware and nobody can check how well it is implemented. You can ask yourself what control do you have to prevent Ledger from doing some nefarious things. Well...
-> 3)
Why would you need to have your device reset somehow and to re-enter your mnemonic recovery words to have them later exposed to Ledger Live the next time? I think, that doesn't make much sense. I would be more worried about the closed-source firmware and the implanted code therein which is able to exfiltrate your wallet's main secret base.
-> 4)
It's likely still safe, but nobody can prove that to you, not even Ledger themselves, because the firmware is closed-source and not reproducible. Therefore you or anybody else except Ledger interns can check what the firmware does and how it does it.
The closed-source problem of Ledger crap existed before Ledger came up with their stupid Recovery subscription service. You have chosen a hardware wallet where you solely have to believe the marketing junk of Ledger. Like "Trust us bro, it's safe because we say it is!"
P.S.
The only good thing I see is that you verified for yourself that you can successfully restore your wallet from your hopefully analog only backup. That's a plus.
Too many users refuse or don't even think about it to verify that they can successfully restore their wallet from the mnemonic recovery words. This should be done before a user loads his wallet with funds.
I don't see a reason why your device could be compromised just because you recovered your wallet from your mnemonic recovery words. As long as those recovery words haven't touched an online device, your wallet should be safe (as far as this can be assumed for the Ledger crap because of their stupid Recovery subscription code in their closed-source firmware).
Why do you carry your hardware wallet for days in your pocket, kinda unprotected from unwanted button presses as it sounds?
-> 2)
The code to exfiltrate your wallet seed is in their closed-source firmware and nobody can check how well it is implemented. You can ask yourself what control do you have to prevent Ledger from doing some nefarious things. Well...
-> 3)
Why would you need to have your device reset somehow and to re-enter your mnemonic recovery words to have them later exposed to Ledger Live the next time? I think, that doesn't make much sense. I would be more worried about the closed-source firmware and the implanted code therein which is able to exfiltrate your wallet's main secret base.
-> 4)
It's likely still safe, but nobody can prove that to you, not even Ledger themselves, because the firmware is closed-source and not reproducible. Therefore you or anybody else except Ledger interns can check what the firmware does and how it does it.
The closed-source problem of Ledger crap existed before Ledger came up with their stupid Recovery subscription service. You have chosen a hardware wallet where you solely have to believe the marketing junk of Ledger. Like "Trust us bro, it's safe because we say it is!"
P.S.
The only good thing I see is that you verified for yourself that you can successfully restore your wallet from your hopefully analog only backup. That's a plus.
Too many users refuse or don't even think about it to verify that they can successfully restore their wallet from the mnemonic recovery words. This should be done before a user loads his wallet with funds.
I appreciate the time you took to respond, thank you.
I always thought ledger was open source? Was it always like this? And which cold storage wallet is best and what do you use? I'm freaking out right now because I haven't needed to break out the ledger nano x for a while until now, and now that Im hearing about this ledger recovery firmware, it's really pushing me to reconsider.