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999,999 times out of a million, the answer is no. the 1 time out of a million is when an attacker manages to intercept the hardware wallet being shipped to the victim and tamper with it.

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read Reddit. way more people being hacked than 1/1,000,000 . Having malware that changes the destination address for example.

That's not the hardware wallet being exploited though, it targets the user's computer. Verifying the address on the screen of a hardware wallet during confirmation would reveal the mismatch.

But most HW wallets have tiny screens that make users apathetic to validating tx data.

It might be a bit presumptious, but wouldn't there be a point where the friction in user interface reduces the security of the system?

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