One of my main focuses in talking and educating people about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is security. While it's amazing that cryptocurrency puts a lot of power back into the consumers hands, it also makes you a lot more responsible for your own security.
That's why I regularly review the top cryptocurrency hardware wallets for cold storage of your Bitcoin and other cryptos. A hardware wallet is one of the best ways to secure your coins offline, but they can be complicated to setup and use sometimes.
I break down the Cobo Vault Pro and show you everything in the box, how to get set up, and all the sweet features!
Ready to get a Cobo Vault Pro: https://www.cryptostache.com/cobo-wallet
Look for more hardware wallet reviews coming soon, but until then...
'Stache That Crypto Friends!
Posted from my blog: https://www.cryptostache.com/2020/06/16/cobo-vault-pro-review-bitcoin-hardware-wallet-cold-storage-review-2020/
The Privacy Policy of COBO is a disaster.
I'll be doing a post on that soon.
https://webview.cobo.com/internal/des/pp
If you scan the Vault's QR code with a third party scanner you'll see that they encrypt the information even though it should all be public.
Essentially they are data-mining every possible piece of information they can from their customers.
This implies the phone app is also siphoning off as much info as possible as well.
I have the COBO Vault and I'm using it to store a little crypto,
but I'll probably sell it off to someone else if I ever get the chance.
I set up my account and did not have to provide any non-standard information like Social Security or drivers license.
Neither did I. This TOS is for another service of theirs. It's just an example that this company is scraping every possible piece of data they have and trying to monetize it, and they seem more than happy to give this information to law enforcement and possibly implicate people of "crimes" that they may not have even committed.
The fact remains that all the information coming out of the Vault is encrypted, meaning it can't be trusted because the only information exiting the airgap should be publicly signed messages that simply need to be relayed to the blockchain in question. Their airgap is pointless because you can't see what information is being transmitted.
I got one myself, upvoting now I will watch soon!