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Re: Decided on Trezor Safe 5. It needs to be connected to computer to create seed?
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nc50lc
on 04/07/2025, 05:55:07 UTC
Honestly, it kind of makes me want to look elsewhere for another device.  Why would you feel comfortable with your device connected during the most important part of setup(releasing seed phrase)?
I can see where you're coming from.
Even with open-source code, the difficulty of auditing all those lines, the client Trezor Suite and the firmware isn't going to be simple.
Without time and/or effort, you'll just be trusting the verdict of other users/developers on the code. (the consensus is it's safe)

If still in doubt, you may consider a full "air-gap" hardware device which can be used for transaction signing (PSBT) and initial setup without connecting to a computer.
E.g. Coldcard.