Assuming what Ledger says is true and they use French pick & place soldering service, they only receive bare PCBs from China.
How would 'the Chinese' install a backdoor on a bare PCB? You know, this kind of stuff
Why would I trust anything that people from ledger are saying, when it's proven they are either liars or they don't know facts about manufacturing?How would 'the Chinese' install a backdoor on a bare PCB? You know, this kind of stuff
Backdoors are most likely hidden on microchips, not in PCB's, and it could be similar like with smartphones with encryption that can be decrypted by governments.
I don't understand they would invested bunch of money in making videos, music videos, promotional campaigns with celebrities, etc. but they keep hiding origin of their components.
Ledger is Made in China and Assembled in France, nothing wrong with that, just be transparent about it.
But this doesn't in the least diminish the likelihood of negative consequences that may arise. On the example of the same backdoor in the HW device, as on chinese-made smartphones. Not the fact that it is, but need to be prepared for such surprises from ledger (this company likes to surprise its users) and take into account the likelihood of this. Think 100 times before buying these devices.
