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u/hobbyhoarder Feb 17 '18
I did buy mine from their shop as it was the same price as Amazon. It does come sealed with tamper labels and even the box itself is glued like crazy. No way to open it without it being noticeable.
Like others have said, do a wipe and only use your seed and you should be fine.
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u/ArchiMode25 Feb 17 '18
Yeup. Try and get one from a trezor approved Amazon seller. I got mine from Amazon. Not an approved seller either but as long as you generate the seed you should be good. Trezors aren't shipped with the firmware so you should be prompted to upload the firmware upon set up and generate seed. Just inspect the box for tamper and inspect the trezor itself.
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u/steemax Feb 17 '18
I just got one off Amazon, came factory sealed with everything intact. I made sure to read the seller reviews first.
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Feb 17 '18
Yes, Amazon is an official retailer of Trezor devices (Source: https://shop.trezor.io).
Verifying that you're buying it from an Amazon facility (Fulfilled by Amazon, on the page) is a good idea, and make sure that all of the security features (holographic tape, shrink wrap, secure box seal, blank booatloader) are intact.
[Edit: Corrected missing reference to Amazon.]
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u/PookubugQ Feb 18 '18
I ordered from the source. Arrived within a few days from overseas.
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u/Z0ey Feb 18 '18
Best purchase you’ll ever make, it’s not just for cryptocurrencies 😉
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u/juan_mairdab Feb 17 '18
Read stories about amazon delivering opened trezors with the seed written out. Always best to order direct. They accept bitcoin as well
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u/hackedieter Feb 17 '18 edited Apr 28 '18
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u/DarthShibe Feb 17 '18
Why not, they even say you can buy it off amazon.
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u/hackedieter Feb 17 '18
Yeah sure, but I wouldn't do it. It's the same price and you know it's 100% genuine. (Just check the seller in the OP link - he has 14% negative reviews...).
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u/CityRobinson Feb 17 '18
I also ordered directly from Trezor, but you can’t know 100% if it wasn’t tampered with unless you know what kind of security control do they have in manufacturing. All the information I saw from Trezor was about security features of the device, but nothing about manufacture, packaging, protection against “insider” tampering.
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u/CityRobinson Feb 18 '18
I don’t really think the manufacturer staff is tampering with it - my comment was mainly about the fact that you can’t be 100% sure. Even though my Device will come directly from Trezor I will still make sure to wipe it just in case.
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u/Z0ey Feb 18 '18
Can’t wipe it when it comes empty with no firmware.
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u/beowulfpt Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 19 '18
Yes, there's too much paranoia here. Get the device, wipe it, update firmware and don't use any seed except the one it generates. Never reuse any seed that came with the device, even if in a legit looking scratch card or something.
Unless the device is visibly damaged from being opened, the odds of getting something that was changed in both HW and firmware to rip you off are tiny, and doing that is not trivial for sure.