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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @dtonon 30 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: Sunday Survey: How many hardware wallets do you own? bitcoin
Even if you boot a PC with a live distro you cannot be sure it is full airgapped because you cannot phisically detach the WiFi/BT modules and you cannot control if a potentially malicious software writes the main storage leaking data.
Btw a such system is a really good way to learn how to manage a cold storage and actually has a good security if you proper setup it (ex. full disk encryption for the main disk).
Older laptops have removable wifi cards and no bluetooth. But I understand the limitation. Personally, having a record that I puchased a "Bitcoin Product" is a bigger threat than someone sniffing my bluetooths for private keys or some shit.
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Then you might also need a VPN or TOR since your ISP will know you visited SN, and they probably sell your data to the highest bid.
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you cannot phisically detach the WiFi/BT modules
You can always build a computer without WiFI/BT, they are external components.
And for example the Raspberry Pi Zero comes ready to use without any networking devices, no WiFi, and no BT.
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You can always build a computer without WiFI/BT, they are external components.
I was commenting the user case of using the PC you already own via Tailscale.
If you have to think about a new hardware and don't want to be registered as "bitcoin user" a SeedSigner is a really good, if not perfect, choise: off-the-shelf components for less than $50 and open source software:
https://nostr.com/nevent1qqsqqqqqw6nzsdsk0qh3ha7hsvcepx9jaqx7u6t2y0fra936wrffkyszypaaaaa7ytwcuk05vq8qgj498gw0jadfm37j0h6cxw780kmcffvq2e7s7w4
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Tailscale in not the same thing as TAILS. FYI
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Oh yes, sorry wrong/lazy typing, thank you for pointing it out :)
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Use Tails, Electrum, and a border wallet and you don’t need any persistence or connections on the laptop or USB
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Of course you don't need them. The problem here is that storage and WiFi are actually connected and you cannot prove that a malicious software on the live distro don't use them somehow.
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