Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question, but I am confused on the whole pin thing.
For instance.. Here is what I did to start...
1) installed plug in
2) followed all instructions to set up
3) completed set up
Then I...
1) sent a small amount of BTC to the trezor web wallet (account 1)
2) sent a small amount of BTC out of the web wallet (just to make sure it works)
I was able to complete the above steps without any problems, but when I went to send the BTC, all I had to do was enter the pin that popped up on the screen of the trezor.
My question is... wouldn't anyone be able to do this and send the BTC out of the wallet if I lost my trezor?
it wasnt your pin that popped up on the screen of the trezor. that was a unique 1 time use number pad to be used for entering your pin on the computer with out the risk of having it key logged.
But that was all i had to enter to confirm the outgoing transaction. So if someone came accross my trezor, they could just punch in the 1 time code that pops up, and send out the coins?
Are you saying that you just went from top left to bottom right on the little number pad that popped up on your computer screen with the ? marks and it allowed you to sign a transaction? It's astronomically unlikely that it would happen to order the numbers in the same order as your pin. Especually since the implication here is that you had a 9 digit pin. Maybe i can help you by explaining how its supposed to work.
When you set up your trezor it will ask you to enter a pin. Write down a pin that you want to use on a piece of paper. On the trezor will be numbers in a random order. it might look like this.
2 1 9
8 5 3
7 4 6
On your screen you will see this
? ? ?
? ? ?
? ? ?
say your pin was 659
You will press on the computer screen on the number pad with the question marks: bottom right, center, top right.
Now when you go to enter your pin later it will be a new set of random numbers on the trezor. lets say it looks like this
6 4 5
3 1 2
9 7 8
So this time on the computer screen on the number pad with the question marks you will enter: top left, top right, bottom left inorder to input the same pin as before.
I hope that cleared up all of the confusion.
Yes that definitely clears up the confusion, thanks. But when i sent out the coins, all i did was enter in all nine digits that popped up on the keypad (as they appeared on the trezor). I did it in numerical order, and it worked. Does that mean that i accidentally set my key to 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9?
