Topic: How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet if Someone Searches Your Phone? - page 3. (Read 1613 times)
January 23, 2020, 02:20:35 AM
Dont know whether this fits in this thread or not. Try not to use mobile wallet, they have ease but have serious security concerns. I use standalone wallet for storing my coin. They dont have much ease but provides you much security. its upto you what you want to avail.
January 22, 2020, 02:10:22 AM
It is advisable to keep your private key or phrase in hardware wallet or some offline storage system as keeping these detail in phone will be a stupid decision. Talking about crypto related app , always enable 2fa and pin security option so it will difficult for another party to look inside your app and do not install these miner or false looking apps or do not give access to them.
If you are using crypto wallets on your phone, it is advisable that you do not install lot of unwanted apps. Only install the required apps and never install directly from .apk untrusted sources. Also it is more secure to use iOS than Android as iphones are more secure than any android phones.
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/malware-goes-mobile.aspx
Lets go on topic reply on how to protect my phone if someone do search? They cant easily get it from you but once government is the one
who would request then you wont have any choice but if you know on how to secure and hide things up then you shouldnt worry.
the reason why ios is more secure because its too strict ,you cant easily install anything but you can only easily install something that is already on the appstore . ios is also a closed source right ? i heard before but android is an open source platform which is its less strict. anything can penetrate on your phone . hiding your info inside your phone would still be useless if there are already viruses inside it
January 21, 2020, 03:13:53 PM
It is advisable to keep your private key or phrase in hardware wallet or some offline storage system as keeping these detail in phone will be a stupid decision. Talking about crypto related app , always enable 2fa and pin security option so it will difficult for another party to look inside your app and do not install these miner or false looking apps or do not give access to them.
If you are using crypto wallets on your phone, it is advisable that you do not install lot of unwanted apps. Only install the required apps and never install directly from .apk untrusted sources. Also it is more secure to use iOS than Android as iphones are more secure than any android phones.
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/malware-goes-mobile.aspx
Lets go on topic reply on how to protect my phone if someone do search? They cant easily get it from you but once government is the one
who would request then you wont have any choice but if you know on how to secure and hide things up then you shouldnt worry.
January 21, 2020, 11:59:08 AM
It is advisable to keep your private key or phrase in hardware wallet or some offline storage system as keeping these detail in phone will be a stupid decision. Talking about crypto related app , always enable 2fa and pin security option so it will difficult for another party to look inside your app and do not install these miner or false looking apps or do not give access to them.
If you are using crypto wallets on your phone, it is advisable that you do not install lot of unwanted apps. Only install the required apps and never install directly from .apk untrusted sources. Also it is more secure to use iOS than Android as iphones are more secure than any android phones.
January 21, 2020, 08:46:08 AM
It is advisable to keep your private key or phrase in hardware wallet or some offline storage system as keeping these detail in phone will be a stupid decision. Talking about crypto related app , always enable 2fa and pin security option so it will difficult for another party to look inside your app and do not install these miner or false looking apps or do not give access to them.
January 20, 2020, 07:57:09 AM
For example, I use the Freewallet app and you will never open my account without having access to my 2FA and knowing my PIN. So, it's kida secure I would say.
January 19, 2020, 06:34:17 PM
That would be hassle to carry on my side if I do that since for me I prefer one phone only to minimize the hassle, but I make sure that I always activate my 2fa and email verification for my mobile wallet so people who browse my phone without my permission cannot get an access to my personal wallet and also I don't save any important details especially wallet private keys or anything for security purposes.
I agree that using two is inconvenient but its much better in terms of security than using just one since they also need the other device. I guess it just depends on the mobile wallet since not all has the same security features 
January 19, 2020, 03:20:02 PM
It is your duty to keep your mobile safe and if that is able to access without proper pin for safety lock. Nothing can be helpful for you when you access the wallet finally it will be zero only.
Better side we need to keep the security phrase safer and password should be safer with alpha numerics. General tips like in this link on op might be helpful but people should practice it.
On the article that someone would be the authorities, there's no way to keep your phone safe and avoid them since you'll just get into more trouble if you go against them. Better side we need to keep the security phrase safer and password should be safer with alpha numerics. General tips like in this link on op might be helpful but people should practice it.
That would be hassle to carry on my side if I do that since for me I prefer one phone only to minimize the hassle, but I make sure that I always activate my 2fa and email verification for my mobile wallet so people who browse my phone without my permission cannot get an access to my personal wallet and also I don't save any important details especially wallet private keys or anything for security purposes.
I agree that using two is inconvenient but its much better in terms of security than using just one since they also need the other device. I guess it just depends on the mobile wallet since not all has the same security features 
January 19, 2020, 02:15:46 PM
It is your duty to keep your mobile safe and if that is able to access without proper pin for safety lock. Nothing can be helpful for you when you access the wallet finally it will be zero only.
Better side we need to keep the security phrase safer and password should be safer with alpha numerics. General tips like in this link on op might be helpful but people should practice it.
Better side we need to keep the security phrase safer and password should be safer with alpha numerics. General tips like in this link on op might be helpful but people should practice it.
January 18, 2020, 06:10:25 AM
It's either not to used your mobile phone, or get a hardware wallet, or used a different phone for your crypto dealing separate from your personal phone. So in any case, you could have at least a line of defense for this kind of scenario in the future.
^ It's a good idea and that is what I am doing now. I used another mobile phone aside from my personal use that I hand carry almost every day. And besides, then that never save personal information on your mobile phone just like keeping private keys or passwords. Save it on the flash drive and keep it into a safe place that no one knows. When a scenario comes like this and if someone confiscated your phone or even when it is snatched you dont need to worry about.That would be hassle to carry on my side if I do that since for me I prefer one phone only to minimize the hassle, but I make sure that I always activate my 2fa and email verification for my mobile wallet so people who browse my phone without my permission cannot get an access to my personal wallet and also I don't save any important details especially wallet private keys or anything for security purposes.
January 18, 2020, 01:14:08 AM
It's either not to used your mobile phone, or get a hardware wallet, or used a different phone for your crypto dealing separate from your personal phone. So in any case, you could have at least a line of defense for this kind of scenario in the future.
^ It's a good idea and that is what I am doing now. I used another mobile phone aside from my personal use that I hand carry almost every day. And besides, then that never save personal information on your mobile phone just like keeping private keys or passwords. Save it on the flash drive and keep it into a safe place that no one knows. When a scenario comes like this and if someone confiscated your phone or even when it is snatched you dont need to worry about.Good, I also employ this kind of strategy, separate crypto phone wallet (with electrum, binance apps, etc) and then I have my personal/business phone as well. But don't forget to back up everything as well, because you might lost your crypto phone in worst case scenario.
January 17, 2020, 06:37:10 PM
It's either not to used your mobile phone, or get a hardware wallet, or used a different phone for your crypto dealing separate from your personal phone. So in any case, you could have at least a line of defense for this kind of scenario in the future.
^ It's a good idea and that is what I am doing now. I used another mobile phone aside from my personal use that I hand carry almost every day. And besides, then that never save personal information on your mobile phone just like keeping private keys or passwords. Save it on the flash drive and keep it into a safe place that no one knows. When a scenario comes like this and if someone confiscated your phone or even when it is snatched you dont need to worry about. January 16, 2020, 10:23:55 PM
Hmm, for me the best thing is not let anyone touches your phone simply as that. Maybe you can encrypt your phone or something, but what if the authorities "force" you to open it up.
It's either not to used your mobile phone, or get a hardware wallet, or used a different phone for your crypto dealing separate from your personal phone. So in any case, you could have at least a line of defense for this kind of scenario in the future.
It's either not to used your mobile phone, or get a hardware wallet, or used a different phone for your crypto dealing separate from your personal phone. So in any case, you could have at least a line of defense for this kind of scenario in the future.
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January 16, 2020, 02:42:57 PM
People prefer to use mobile wallet because they want to get easy access to their asset, but it's too risky I agree with you that hardware wallet is the best option, they might use a mobile wallet but they have to keep their private key in the safest place, not in their smartphone storage, if they still keep that sensitive information on their phone once they lose their phone then they will lose all those coins.
It is okay to use mobile wallet, or anything as I also do that in order to trade or spending purpose. But storing your private keys or any of your sensitive data on smartphone, computer or any devices that is possible to get hacked, could be stupid thing.
Anyway, I just read the article and it is pretty helpful for those who need to hide their data, still don't store your private keys on your smartphone!
at least you save the backup file on another device.
Yes, I agree with you. Using the other device, we don't have to worry if other people or our family members borrow the phone. Maybe they curious about how much money we can earn from crypto, so they search for the evidence to every people who use a cryptocurrency wallet. It is better to use another device or places to save the wallet and the private keys because that will make us don't have to worry from the hacker. He should consider everything so he will not regret it.
January 16, 2020, 02:10:12 PM
Always the good practice is to use a hardware wallet which is the safest wallet as of now when compared to other options for the crypto storage. But it would be not comfortable to use the hardware wallet for daily use, in that case, the mobile wallets comes in to picture. So I would suggest having both hardware and mobile wallets where hardware wallet is to store the major portion of the funds and mobile wallets with a small portion of funds and you could consider protecting it with fingerprint lock or google authenticator. Most of the wallets offer another layer of security by having different fund transfer password.
January 12, 2020, 10:49:20 AM
People prefer to use mobile wallet because they want to get easy access to their asset, but it's too risky I agree with you that hardware wallet is the best option, they might use a mobile wallet but they have to keep their private key in the safest place, not in their smartphone storage, if they still keep that sensitive information on their phone once they lose their phone then they will lose all those coins.
It is okay to use mobile wallet, or anything as I also do that in order to trade or spending purpose. But storing your private keys or any of your sensitive data on smartphone, computer or any devices that is possible to get hacked, could be stupid thing.
Anyway, I just read the article and it is pretty helpful for those who need to hide their data, still don't store your private keys on your smartphone!
at least you save the backup file on another device.
January 12, 2020, 04:59:15 AM
If something happens like this in where authorities need to check your phone, there are specific stuff that they will check. If you are apprehended because of scams concerning cryptocurrencies, they would need to verify that, but if you are just a criminal who has no connection to cryptocurrencies in your crime, they won't check it unless the checker has a bad intent with that.
I suggest that you should use a hardware wallet instead of making one on your smartphone.
I suggest that you should use a hardware wallet instead of making one on your smartphone.
January 12, 2020, 04:53:54 AM
It is hard to refuse if the government wants to search something that you own but if this is required then we can do nothing but obey, if they search it that we are there then we know what they do and we can guarantee that they do nothing wrong so it is okay to go search all over my files because I didn't do anything which is against their law. So let's obey if you don't want to lose your income.
If you do know that you are engage on crypto and do avoid on paying up taxes then they do ask out for that search into your phone.You cant say that you wont panic out if they find out anything which would really cost you or would put you out on trouble thats why you should alert when you hear out some news about this issue so that you would be at least prepared incase youve been caught. 
January 12, 2020, 04:51:32 AM
I have no problem at all.I am using MI phone and there is an opinion second option.In my country using crypto is illegal.I always keep my crypto wallet in second space and if someone search on my phone they can't find wallet.I don't use second space,only use second space when need to transfer crypto.
January 12, 2020, 04:25:03 AM
We all keep a lot of personal information on our phones and obviously don’t want to share our correspondence, cryptocurrency wallets, or contacts to become a part of the public domain. Nonetheless, in some cases, authorities can ask you to provide full access to your device.
Is this even legal? Can you refuse to give your phone to law enforcement? How can you protect your cryptocurrency wallet?
https://forklog.media/how-to-protect-your-crypto-wallet-during-phone-search/
Is this even legal? Can you refuse to give your phone to law enforcement? How can you protect your cryptocurrency wallet?
https://forklog.media/how-to-protect-your-crypto-wallet-during-phone-search/
Well i would refuse. Though if their reason for searching would be necessary for probably my safety, i wouldn't mind giving them access. Who am i anyway, i'm just a regular guy with a phone and some crypto coins lol. I'd probably demand first a reason as to why they need to do that. And my crypto isn't just on a phone app. So i don't worry about it.
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