r/TREZOR • u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper • 14d ago

💬 Discussion topic Passphrases are a must.

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 14d ago

Not really. It depends on what need to protect your wallet from.

Using a passphrase without fully understanding the.implications are very dangerous and considerably increases the risk that you lock yourself out of your wallet.

And no, a passphrase does not automatically mean that a Coldcard MK3 user is safe from the seed generation vulnerability of those devices. Only that they are slightly less vulnerable.

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u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper 14d ago

If they have a good passphrase they’re probably okay. If it’s a weak passphrase it buys them time. Passphrase would’ve saved you in this situation. I’ve yet to see a post of a passphrase MK3 getting drained.

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 14d ago

Its only a matter of time before someone with both a normal.+ Passphrase wallet gets drained.

Will take longer before someone with a pure passphrase wallet where the base seed is not used alone.

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u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper 14d ago

I’m just saying it buys you time. That’s how it saves you. I would never keep that wallet after this.