Being based in Asia, I also found a huge discrepancy between digital asset trends and knowledge gap in the West and China. I started Boxmining in 2017 mainly as a passion project, to educate people on digital assets and share my experiences. Having been around before bitcoin or blockchain was even “cool” meant that I had to do a lot of discovery myself, and along the way, I had many successes, but also made mistakes. More often than not, we find extremely biased information that exploits the complexity of blockchain to obscure facts. Something I immediately noticed was that accurate information is hard to come by in this space. I’ve been involved in the digital asset and Blockchain space since 2012. It seems that the new security changes only affect the web based applications. Currently asset management and Leger Manager operations are fully functional as of this update. Ledger Live App’s operation is not affected by the new security changes. Please refer to the official response from Ledger on this compatibility issue. As of now, there are no known methods to disable new security features in Windows 10. These websites need to be updated to reflect changes with hardware security in Windows 10. This is not an issue with hardware wallet itself but rather an interaction issue with various websites. Do not click or interact with the pop-window.
This prompt is not present in previous versions of Windows 10 and is a new feature that is meant to prove hardware security. New Windows Security Prompt to interact with Ledger Nano S A new pop-up will display when connecting to the hardware wallet labeled “ Windows Security“. Currently the update has already been scheduled for public release, although it is not mandatory. This is the latest “big” update that is part of Microsoft’s plan to add additional functionality and security to Windows 10. The new Windows update adds new security features that break certain browser (Chrome, Brave and Edge) based dapps for Ledger Nano S (and Nano X). Update: Official Ledger response to this issue.