Cofounder confirmed the device will transmit encrypted shards of your seed phrase and that it’s optional.

But what the fuck. Transmit my seed phrase ?  Fuck you.

I can no longer trust Ledger as a cold wallet so why should I trust that the change is not going to become mandatory. Even if opting out, that implies the capability is still present.

Direct link to cofounder’s reddit comment :

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Ledger is offering an ID-based key recovery service

CarlBMenger

Cofounder confirmed the device will transmit encrypted shards of your seed phrase and that it’s optional. 

But what the fuck. Transmit my seed phrase ?  Fuck you. 

I can no longer trust Ledger as a cold wallet so why should I trust that the change is not going to become mandatory. Even if opting out, that implies the capability is still present. 
Fuck that. 


Direct link to cofounder’s reddit comment :

https://reddit.com/r/ledgerwallet/comments/13itm7u/_/jkbyyfp/?context=1


