The Ugly Tradeoffs Of Ledger’s New Recovery Service

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The Ugly Tradeoffs of Ledger’s New Recovery Service - Ep. 494

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Ledger, the crypto industry’s leading hardware wallet manufacturer, rolled out a new recovery feature this month that caused an uproar. The recovery service has dangerous implications for crypto self-custody, says Foundation Devices Head of Content “Seth For Privacy.” He joins the show to discuss the downsides of closed-source code and the security risks that come with compromising for mainstream adoption.

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Show highlights:

how Ledger Recover works and why it caused an outrage in the crypto community
why the fact that Ledger’s code is not open-source could be considered a problem
what the concerns are about handing over additional data to Ledger
how darknet markets have always existed for fake ID verifications and how it relates to Ledger’s new feature
some of Ledger’s previous security lapses
why introducing a trusted third party undermines one of Bitcoin’s most central tenets
whether Ledger’s move is a “net good for society,” and whether people actually want a service like this in a hardware wallet
whether something will go wrong with Ledger in the future

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Guest

Seth for Privacy, blogger and head of content at Foundation Devices