trezor-firmware VS bitbox02-firmware

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?

I'm looking at this, you can see a comparison when you scroll down: https://bitbox.swiss/bitbox02/

Bitbox02 - https://bitbox.swiss/bitbox02/

I also implemented BIP-85 just recently.

Here's the repository for the firmware of BitBox02: https://github.com/digitalbitbox/bitbox02-firmware

Complementary to that, you can also download the official release from https://github.com/digitalbitbox/bitbox02-firmware/releases and install it manually using command line tools, after verifying it is legit by reproducing it. Or build the app yourself after checking that the bundled firmware is correct.

At the bottom of this page, they concisely explain what they mean for each entry in the table and why they give that specific score. For this in particular, they consider the setup easier because you can backup to an (offline) SD card instead of writing it down manually.

I decided on this: https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/

There you go: https://github.com/digitalbitbox/bitbox02-firmware/pull/1069

The firmware code is open source and can be found here. The official releases are built from this code in a reproducible fashion. The community is able to verify that currently the only two ways of exporting the seed are via the 24 words displayed on the BitBox02 screen or onto a microSD card inserted directly into the device. If there are other unintended ways, it might be a bug, and should be sent to us as part of our bug bounty program.