Much is said about the latest hack of the ColdCard with the stealing of bitcoins of destroying thousand of peoples life...
But often looked over, is the stealing of bitcoins from other hardware wallets that have all if not most security in place, but the computers with whom the users try to do the transactions are compromised...
You can do transactions day after day, week after week and everything is done safely, and then you can know of the warnings...
Don't do this, don't do that... be warned about this and that...
To many warnings might be become to much and then in a moment of stress and anxiety, a warning overlooked when the compromised computer gives you a hardware wallet error.
This happened to me. I always expected my Linux computer to be safe, but a kernel flaw of many years took my computer over at root level... and in a moment of distraction, I made a mistake and the hardware wallet company said to me; "we're very sorry for your loss but we warned you. We take no responsibility... Bye."
So the crux of the story here is: don't trust the hardware wallet - obviously... don't trust your computer or phone or any smart machine, TV or whatever, connected with the internet... But most of all, don't trust people.
In the end you are standing ALONE to solve any problem or hardship ALONE....
That said; wars were fought in the past, people lost everything but their clothes on their back, loved ones... but if you have a fighting spirit... FIGHT to survive - ALONE.
