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Re: Is it safe to use the Trezor Safe 5 even on an infected computer or mobile ?
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btc-freedom-money
on 17/06/2025, 11:39:44 UTC
If I can remember correctly Trezor uses Trezor suit which can expose your entries to the keylogger since it’s on the computer device as such it is not advisable to use this hardware wallet on an infected computer since you don’t even know maybe it is Keylogger viruses
You have a point, but the direct PIN entry on Trezor Suite is only present for their Model One devices [the PIN entry for Safe 5 and the remaining models happens on the device itself, as opposed to Trezor Suite].
- For Model One users, Trezor shows a randomized keypad on your devices as a workaround against keyloggers, while you only see a bunch of dots (as opposed to numbers) on your computer screen.
I don't understand, can you please try explaining again? Do you mean that trezor suite connected to Model One, will receive the pin I enter? Do I enter the pin on the hw wallet device or do I enter the pin on computer that have trezor suite? You said Model One has a randomized keypad. Is that keypad on the hw wallet device or is it on trezor suite? It sounds very strange that trezor suite would be able to know what the pin is. There would be no reason to buy a Model One, it defeats the purpose of buying a hw wallet. Model One sounds like a medium warm or lukewarm wallet, not entirely hot wallet but not entirely cold wallet.