Bitcoin hacking via Gmail account Or Mobile-Authentication mode

jseverson

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From so long I feel hackers may choose our gmail account to hack our bitcoin account Huh
Reasons behind we even use gmail for bitcoin authentication along with mobile.
Without subscribing we even get plenty of marketing e-mails - I feel t's time we should be cautions to unsubscribe even such to get safe from hacking threats.

My recommendation would be to use a desktop wallet like Electrum. You won't have to worry about your Gmail or really any other online account being compromised because they will have nothing at all to do with your wallet. No amount of phishing emails you receive will be able to steal your Bitcoins either, for as long as you keep your private keys and seed private. You don't run the risk of logging into a phishing site as well, because your wallet is in your computer. Just make sure you download the correct software and you're good to go.

Or even better yet, get a Trezor and you're basically un-pwnable.

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Quote from: sathvik112 on November 08, 2017, 09:06:39 AM

hackers may choose our gmail account to hack our bitcoin account

They can only do that if you choose to use an online wallet service involving gmail as a means of logging in.

That's one of the major problems with an online wallet - they're reliant on the safety of the users' device as well as requiring a significant amount of trust in a third party service (sometimes even allowing them access to private keys). An attacker with a keylogger could control your coins quite easily.

Quote from: aoihs00 on November 08, 2017, 11:00:19 AM

bitcoin is already very secure and I always use two factor authentication for logging into my account.

Those two things are entirely unrelated. You are relying on the security of a third party service. It's not related to Bitcoin's security, only the way in which you decide to store your coins.

Regardless, two-factor authentication is vulnerable to a 5-dollar wrench attack. A thief could attack you and demand to know your code. Even though it's secure about online hackers, there are a variety of other possible methods for theft.

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Obviously we must do take all the possible precautions that we can. However, bitcoin is already very secure and I always use two factor authentication for logging into my account. According an article that I read about the security and safety level of 2FA, they said that it will take around 30-40 years to crack that code with smart computer. SO I believe its pretty sure that our systems are pretty secure but it is we human who make the mistakes and we must be very cautious about it at all time. Thats the first step towards the most secure way of looking at it.

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Hiding SMS notifications on screen is a pretty good idea.
Thanks for the suggestion! I will disable my SMS screen notifications it also helps others to reset my gmail password and easily mishandle and behind of every bitcoin wallet we get verification confirmation emails to our gmail account that data does helps for hackers.

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From so long I feel hackers may choose our gmail account to hack our bitcoin account Huh

Reasons behind we even use gmail for bitcoin authentication along with mobile.
Without subscribing we even get plenty of marketing e-mails - I feel t's time we should be cautions to unsubscribe even such to get safe from hacking threats.
Also we choose mobile for authentication of our bitcoin accounts so it's also to safer hiding mobile SMS notifications on phone screen and set certain pattern locks/codes. Our safety is in our hands.

Your idea/thought/feeling/recommendation does adds value to my thought.

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