Topic: How safe is saving screenshots of useful information and BTC transactions? (Read 837 times)

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

I have a friend who likes taking screenshot so much that he would take a screenshot of even payment transactions from banking apps and large or small bet winnings. I don't know if he loved to brag with it, but he won lots of arguments with real traders and sellers who accept transfers and claim to have not received it.

Sometime last week, we were having a chat and he mentioned how he wants to buy BTC and become a trader and HoDLer as he makes profit along the way. He said he had been learning on his own by watching YouTube videos and from his colleagues in the office.
I just knew then that he had already done so, and upon further chat, he already did because he wouldn't really tell me what he's up to until he has done it, that's how I have known him for long. He is still oblivious of my membership here, although I would tell him somewhere on his trading journey.

I am concerned now however about his screenshot taking habit, because it would be more problems for him if his phone falls into wrong hands and they see screenshots of Bitcoin transactions mostly.
He may have provided the information or data needed by the wrong hands or It can be assumed that he has so much and who knows what ills can come from thoughts like that.

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

I know that a lot of people take a lot of screenshots mostly because they want them as proof if they need it anytime in the future.

Our mobile apps and smartphones have already collected a lot of our data, so storing screenshots has no significant impact. When a bad guy gets a smartphone, they will want to steal personal information + private keys to get our assets. There is not much difference between saving screenshots or storing information in Notes.

If he only has screenshots of transactions, addresses and tx, then everything is fine. The only thing I worry about is if he takes a screenshot of the account private key or QR 2FA and syncs it to iCloud/Drive, he will face a big risk if his Apple/Google account is hacked and taken over.

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

Saving private information such as the private key or seed phrase through screenshots is not advisable, and even if someone is saving their backups or writing them down, I wouldn't recommend any online services for that. Google Docs can be useful in this regard but in rare cases, they can also be compromised either by hacks, exploits, or scams that you might encounter while you are in the cryptocurrency industry.

I know that a lot of people take a lot of screenshots mostly because they want them as proof if they need it anytime in the future. People who do a lot of P2P trades tend to have this habit very much because they might have to face a lot of scammers and stuff and they can use those screenshots to convince customer service agents that they are being scammed.

If they're just transactions, I think that's fine as most people that do transactions are keeping a copy for themselves and that's how easy it is to do.

But, one thing is your concern about the phone falling into the hands of the wrong person when someone oversees it and starts to think of a bad plan because that person might think that your friend has got a lot of money.

That's why for me, it's best to keep these transactions private and never show it to anyone and don't show anything that might give them a motivation to do something bad.

If you are against storing private keys/seed phrases and don't want to give any online services then why are you mentioning Google Docs? It is no more secure than any other online storage service and is even riskier when you store seed phrases/private keys on centralized online services.

For me, offline storage is always the only option, although they also have certain limitations but it is definitely easier to control the situation than online.

Saving private information such as the private key or seed phrase through screenshots is not advisable, and even if someone is saving their backups or writing them down, I wouldn't recommend any online services for that. Google Docs can be useful in this regard but in rare cases, they can also be compromised either by hacks, exploits, or scams that you might encounter while you are in the cryptocurrency industry.

I know that a lot of people take a lot of screenshots mostly because they want them as proof if they need it anytime in the future. People who do a lot of P2P trades tend to have this habit very much because they might have to face a lot of scammers and stuff and they can use those screenshots to convince customer service agents that they are being scammed.

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

I think almost all of us who are connected online have to store their important information and also if he is a crypto currency investor then he has to store the private key of his wallets and various investment stuff sometimes be it screenshot or some times through note pad. I'd say if he stores screenshots of the private key without any privacy then I'd say it's nothing but stupidity. I think it is important to maintain privacy and then store it on screen or notepad.  For this I will tell you to ask your friend to use encryption method to store all this important information.

The truth is no phone is 100% secured, and they become even less secure once you unlock the bootloader, meaning that the OEM can't protect your data any longer, but still, even the OEM can't be trusted, all mobile phone companies have their ways of spying on us all.

I wouldn’t consider it too safe, to be honest. Especially if your phone isn’t as secure.
Anyone can take your phone, open it, and see your gallery. Anyone can also
hack into our system and see the many transcripts or receipts saved as screenshots.

Tell your friend that it’s not about bad days but instead just a precaution if
ever is something to happen. It’s okay to be on the safer side.