Damus
7Bluerabbits · 127w
Sparrow -on its own- used as a hot wallet is no safer than any other hot wallet because the Private Keys are stored on a computer connected to the internet. Hardware wallets are considered safe(er) ....
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Let me see if I have this correct regarding Ledger:

I switch from using Ledger Live for my Ledger hardware device to using #sparrow for my Ledger hardware device.

The government kicks down Ledger's corporate office door and says "give me access to this law abiding citizens private keys."

Since I'm now using my Ledger hardware device on #sparrow there is no possible way Ledger's corporate office has my keys?
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7Bluerabbits · 127w
Mostly yes except last bit. There is no possible way for Ledger/ government to edit the firmware of the Ledger hardware device to make it export your Private Keys (assuming it can’t do that already, we don’t know because not FOSS) It could be a genius move on behalf of Ledger cos people don’t...