encfs VS trezor-firmware

Directory encryption tools typically use either a userspace library (doesn't need sudo, performance overhead due to FUSE), or the Linux kernel's dm-crypt / LUKS features (needs sudo, better performance, very widely used). Tomb uses the kernel stuff. Quixand uses userspace stuff (specifically, EncFS).

Upstream development seems to have moved to github but there is no release or significant development in the last four years, and there are a bunch of innocuous-sounded pull requests unresolved.

The only encryption I'm aware of that supports network file systems is encfs. https://github.com/vgough/encfs

Install EncFS in Tails (yes, that security warning is scary)

Then someone said development has started again. Checking just now, last commit on https://github.com/vgough/encfs is May 2020, while https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs is 4 hours ago.

EncFS, CryFS and GocryptFS

You could look at EncFS (or eCryptFS) to check whether they do what you want with a YFS dataset exported via NFS.

https://trezor.io/ - Easy to use, no matter how new in Bitcoin you're.

Added (November 2021): https://github.com/trezor/trezor-firmware/pull/1903

Next thing to have is a hard wallet if you haven’t already like a Ledger or a Trezor and let it sit there. That’s the safest thing to do! Also, there’s always been a risk of KYC (Know Your Customer) on CEXes as mentioned several times. This was all meant to be decentralized and keep our identity under wraps and retain that anonymity that crypto was originally designed for… and you get a hold of your keys.

https://trezor.io/ - Easy to use, no matter how new in Bitcoin you're.

where "x.y.z" is the VERSION of trezor (aka TrezorCTL) you are trying to install. See the version history when picking a version. "Oldest" is not necessarily "best". You'll want to pick a version that was released around the same time your Trezor-1 was last updated.

I've purchased a Trezor model T from what I believe is the official Trezor website (https://trezor.io/). Is it rational for me to have a slight fear that it isn't a legit trezor and maybe the chip is compromised, possibly being able to send off my seed to an unknown party?