The image in the OP is probken, @dkbit98 maybe you should switch it to Talkimg.
I know, but I was a bit lazy to replace this and all my other images after imgur incident, even if I know there is nice tool to do everything much faster.
Anyway, image is replace now, but it's nothing special just random chip that is not really important for the context.
Am I the only one here who's bothered by the fact that there's only one EAL7 on this whole list, and that most of the mainstream hardware wallets either don't have an SE, or low quality one (hence why I chopped out the first few entries)?
I don't really care about EAL numbers so much since nobody can verify this for closed source secure elements.
Hardware wallet can have highest possible EAL rating and it can still be total crap.
It is quite a shame, as HW manufacturers' reputation is built on trust, and I don't see how you're supposed to gather a lot of trust if you only have one hardware wallet released in the last 5 or so years.
I can create my own trust rating but it means nothing, similar like difference between EAL7, EAL6 or EAL5.
The certification is quite expensive and time consuming. IIRC, EAL4 already costs >$200k (possibly a lot higher) and a year. Going any further than that, it would probably cost more and takes longer. From the business standpoint, it isn't very practical.
Sounds like a scam to me, all this money just to get some ''certificate'' of security, and there is no guarantee someone wont exploit it, only guarantee is signed NDA aka silence.