Ledger Developer Kit Reports Every Signature Unless Wallets Opt Out, Developer Says

The substance here is less about whether the lookups exist than about the default: an opt-out model shifts the burden onto wallet developers, who may not know the setting exists. Ledger's framing — that this happens in the software app rather than on the device and isn't stored — narrows the privacy question but doesn't settle it, since the pattern of signatures requested is itself revealing. The parties most affected are integrators building on the kit, not end users directly. Whether Clear Signing's transparency benefit outweighs default telemetry is the open question, and whether integrators begin disclosing the setting to their own users is worth watching.