I do consider nvk a friend and I did generally recommend the coldcard when asked though I always put it amongst Trezor and ledger. I would tell people “get a trezor a ledger or a coldcard” was kind of my stock line for non technical people. The reason I put coldcard last and would often steer people towards a ledger or a trezor is because coldcard is intimidating for the average person. I had assumed it was secure though to the degree I assume all HW’s are. In hindsight we now know that was not true.