A few years ago I bought a new Ledger Nano S so I do have experience using it.
I can fairly assume that I have malware on my Linux pc due to being victim of cryptocurrency phishing. I'll never use the pc again (and neither my modem). Also I filed a support ticket to Ledger including an error log.
Because of the aforesaid I also have difficulty trusting my Ledger Nano S now. I did see some weird things while using Ledger Live (hence my error log). The following post also makes me paranoid: /r/ledgerwallet/comments/u1u9p4/lost_59_bitcoin_because_of_malware_on_my_ledger/
Interesting here are the comments made by researcher of the case u/webblast. E.g.:
"original ledger files were overwritting with other code made by a hacker or criminal and that code generated a btc address that was shown in both ledger live and ledger nano as send addressβ¦"
Here it is meant that the user created an address which was also shown on the Ledger Nano S itself, i.e. the malicious address. This makes me believe that I can't safely factory reset the Ledger Nano S (since code could have been modified). When a pc has malware on it a quick factory reset doesn't remove sophisticated malware in all circumstances. So why would it work for a Ledger Nano S?
100 percent cyber security does not exist. This brings me to the following:
I remember that years ago it was said that it is safe to buy a Ledger on the secondary market. I believe even Ledger said one could do this if you inspect the device for physical modifications. And Ledger did say one can use the Nano S with a pc that has malware on it. At that time I understood this as that malware cannot modificate the Ledger Nano S device itself.* But now I think I was naive believing that, since again: 100 percent cyber security cannot be guaranteed. One can only try to mitigate risks.
The point I am trying to make: are you convinced that I can still use my Ledger Nano S using another pc and modem? If so, how can you be given the aforesaid points?
As I am paranoid I would rather have a new hardware wallet now. But the statements made by Ledger makes me want to start this discussion here.
*That's why I felt safe using the Nano with a Linux pc.
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