I access my BTC and other wallets on Public Internet Cafe

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Woah, I would never do any bitcoin transactions on a public computer. I wouldn't even feel comfortable accessing bitcointalk on one. You might get away with not getting your bitcoin or passwords stolen, but why take the risk of that?

If you have enough money to own crypto, you probably have enough to buy a cheap smartphone with which you can access your crypto wallets. Some laptops are even cheaper than a phone right now, and it isn't exactly like you need massive processing power to install and use a crypto wallet.

Quote from: AverageGlabella on October 15, 2019, 12:22:32 PM

Unless you are accessing the internet through a VPN connection that you trust then you should not be using public wifi for sensitive information at all.

That is good advice as well. I still think going the smartphone route is the best one, and these days you'd have to be dirt poor not to be able to afford one.

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You can access your bitcoin account if you upgrade security system with added authcator for your exchange account, for your other wallet like myetherwallet better you use hard ware wallet if you access with public internet cafe. No system safe is you use public internet cafe because you take risk with your investment, why not you buy your private internet when you open your bitcoin and your other wallet to make it safe?

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Why do you sue public internet cafe for access to your bitcoin and your other wallet, did you remember some one can stole your data by using public internet access? you can browsing with public internet cafe but for access to bitcoin or other wallet use private internet. you lost your assets if always use internet public cafe because too risk with many people use the same internet during when you access to open your bitcoin wallet.

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Quote from: Kyraishi on October 09, 2019, 11:16:09 PM

I don't think it's that much of an issue, most internet cafes I've visited wipe the computer to a template version after anyone uses it, and it is illegal to install malware on these cafes and track user movements.

Keep in mind, your talking about a real life cafe that's a real buisness, if they tried to steal your stuff they would be hit with a crap tone of fines, you can probably relax in my opinion, maybe use 2fa just in case, but you should be safe.

That is not the issue its the issue of the wifi being public and therefore not encrypted and multiple people having access to internet traffic. You should never internet bank or use Bitcoin on a public wifi connection that is just asking for trouble as its not unknown for hackers to specifically target coffee stores because many people bring their appliances to do business while drinking coffee.

Unless you are accessing the internet through a VPN connection that you trust then you should not be using public wifi for sensitive information at all.

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

I don't have first hand experience but there are numerous cyber cafe who do have key loggers installed in their PCs. Along with that almost all of them take note of your browsing history, cached items and saved passwords. Moreover some of them even have snoopers installed which can clearly see what coming on the screen. So it's definitely not safe to use your private keys on such devices. Even if you have to use then make sure you type your keys rather than copy pasting the whole of it so that no key loggers harm your money. It's difficult to stop snoopers however

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

I've been through this, but my Bitcoin has not been hacked since I didn't open it there.
What I have lost is my social media account because there is software out there by other people who rent and use computers there.

I am grateful that I knew this could happen to me so I didn't open my wallet.

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I guess there is something called a keylogger that people use to record input data like passwords and username so maybe it even applies to private keys or public keys as well. I would say it would be better that you rather use your phone that some public cafe, you are highly endangering your wallets and coins. I guess using your phone would be safer than what you use.

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Very risky access your bitcoin wallet using public internet, your data will back by admin of internet public publish all your document and what website you access, I use public internet only for watching Youtube and listening the music. For access to bitcoin account I use private internet, did you worried when opening your bitcoin wallet using public internet cafe where many people log in in the same time.

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it's probably a silly thing you do where you access your bitcoin wallet on a public PC owner maybe they can easily copy your privacy which is also the possibility they can access your bitcoin wallet after you access it yourself, maybe they are pc owners can save your bitcoin personal wallet You, you will definitely lose some of your bitcoins, so you should no longer do such silly things because you can make your own losses.

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I mean it is you that is risking your keys. Your choice man! Just reminding you that it is very risky doing that because we all know that there is what we called keylogger where it record every single typing you done. That is also prone to phishing because some other users might have infected the desktop you are using. I recommend not to do it again.

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Quote from: Casdinyard on October 14, 2019, 10:01:44 PM

Quote from: OROBTC on October 11, 2019, 08:37:02 PM

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I have not checked all responses above, but with someone with their OWN computer could use Wifi (in hotels, coffee shops, etc.) by using TOR (free) and/or VPN (not expensive) and be pretty secure, especially with a hardware wallet.

The above is not "Rocket Science", if I can learn to do the above, almost anyone else can.

I wonder if OP had already use those? I mean that's the first thing we should use and why using public internet cafes seems the last resort for him? Don't he have phone?

Don't take the chances, maybe now your wallet is safe but the moment hackers track it, it's the end of the story. Hackers are clever and persistent tho.

If he ever has used those he will never gonna give an effort creating this thread. Basically OP opened his wallets in an open and public internet cafe, which as we all know that is risky. He didn't think of the risk and the possible things to happen when there is a malware affecting the computer device he just used.

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

It is better not accessing your wallet in the public space or internet cafe because we don't know how they can secure those places. We need to protect our wallet from the malicious thing or malware or virus that can run in the background. We don't know how we can affect that virus, especially if the virus can inject our wallet and steal our bitcoin. Please don't carry your wallet with you everywhere you go. You don't have to access the wallet, and I think you will be safe from any bad things from the internet cafe. But we could only suggest to you, and it's up to you to follow our advice or not.

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

You should be aware that there is something like Keylogger and some cafe operators are installing this, and they also have a secret viewer to check websites that you are visiting, it's better to use a virtual keyboard when accessing your wallet, keylogger works on keystroke, so it's better not to paste the last three and last four of your keywords and just use a virtual keyboard to input it so that way it cannot be access by key logger.

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

You have to ask yourself if it is really worth to risk your bitcoins in accessing them in a public place. Be reminded that anything that you access in a public cafe or computer, not only your wallets are at risk but also your personal information and almost every digital information. You have to carry and weigh the risk before doing anything so you will not regret if anything happens.

Like what most people mentioned, 'keyloggers' are actually quite famous in public cafes. For example, you type your Facebook information and that information is stored in the PC until the person who put it accesses it.

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Public internet cafe is not safety if you access to your bitcoin wallet, when you open you computer and put your bitcoin account id and password maybe if have CCTV your data will save by the owner of cafe, why not open and access to your bitcoin wallet in your house or you can use your private cafe, better for your most important data never access with public internet access because want to keep our data safe, we don't know with many people hacker our account or not.

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Quote from: Casdinyard on October 14, 2019, 10:01:44 PM

Quote from: OROBTC on October 11, 2019, 08:37:02 PM

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I have not checked all responses above, but with someone with their OWN computer could use Wifi (in hotels, coffee shops, etc.) by using TOR (free) and/or VPN (not expensive) and be pretty secure, especially with a hardware wallet.

The above is not "Rocket Science", if I can learn to do the above, almost anyone else can.

I wonder if OP had already use those? I mean that's the first thing we should use and why using public internet cafes seems the last resort for him? Don't he have phone?

Don't take the chances, maybe now your wallet is safe but the moment hackers track it, it's the end of the story. Hackers are clever and persistent tho.

Yeah. It's a bit weird for sure, I'd like to see reasonings for this, most popular online wallets (coinbase, blockchain.info, coinjar) already have pretty popular and working wallets on their apps.

One thing I could think of is that it's a paper wallet? But there are apps, electrum for example that let you install it on your phone.

Most internet cafes in my area have those features, sorry for any confusion.

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Quote from: Twinkledoe on October 11, 2019, 07:39:26 PM

Quote from: Lauren Smith on October 11, 2019, 07:32:16 PM

Bitcoin will reach a point where people will need public access to the internet and I am sure shops will provide more wifi then they do now for their crypto customers to use. So you not wrong in doing what you doing. Sometimes you just have to use another internet connection source for all kinds of reasons. However, I would never use my main wallets. Only ever use your secondary wallets on public networks.
As we see more and more bitcoin/crypto adoptiong this will become a more regular thing.

Though it is not really recommended to open your wallets in public internet cafes, but for some who don't have a choice, they should be very careful in leaving any traces especially their passkeys or codes. You can delete the history or other strategies to remove your details on their computer. But if in case something goes wrong with your account, it is only you who is to blame and nobody else.

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Quote from: Kyraishi on October 09, 2019, 11:16:09 PM

I don't think it's that much of an issue, most internet cafes I've visited wipe the computer to a template version after anyone uses it, and it is illegal to install malware on these cafes and track user movements.

Keep in mind, your talking about a real life cafe that's a real buisness, if they tried to steal your stuff they would be hit with a crap tone of fines, you can probably relax in my opinion, maybe use 2fa just in case, but you should be safe.

There are some internet cafe (not the owner of the cafe but the other customers did) are trying to input some malware or a key logger which will send the information you have input to the computer to their device, I experienced the same thing and I know how very risky it is to access your wallet in an open are such as internet cafe. Its better to use your own computer to secure your account.

Of course there will be users that do dodgy things and try and hack through internet cafe systems, but they have pretty good software and security. Let me explain.

The internet cafes around my area use software which basically creates a new user every time someone logins in and then blocks them from doing anything outside of it, after they finish using the account, it is then wiped, a new user prepared and everything back to normal.

That would be nice initiative from the internet cafe but you can't expect that to other cafes doing that kind of activity.

Indeed, not all internet cafe are responsible, most of them are just letting their customer to bypass their computer units. Most of the time, owner of internet cafe just clean their PC's once a month, and that is really bothersome for the safety of its users. Its really risky to use public internet cafe.

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Quote from: OROBTC on October 11, 2019, 08:37:02 PM

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I have not checked all responses above, but with someone with their OWN computer could use Wifi (in hotels, coffee shops, etc.) by using TOR (free) and/or VPN (not expensive) and be pretty secure, especially with a hardware wallet.

The above is not "Rocket Science", if I can learn to do the above, almost anyone else can.

I wonder if OP had already use those? I mean that's the first thing we should use and why using public internet cafes seems the last resort for him? Don't he have phone?

Don't take the chances, maybe now your wallet is safe but the moment hackers track it, it's the end of the story. Hackers are clever and persistent tho.

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Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

Careful about the keylogger. It's really risky to open your wallet on Internet Cafe PC, this place known as keylogger place, i remember my game account hacked on Internet Cafe. Do you ever try mobile wallet? There are some good mobile wallet like coinomi and blockchain. It's better than you open your wallet on Internet Cafe.

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Quote from: robelneo on October 09, 2019, 05:09:59 AM

Quote from: Ayiranorea on October 08, 2019, 12:18:40 PM

I know it is not secure to use public internet Cafe Computers for accessing the wallets and for transaction needs. At times I don't have any other option than just using it. I would like to know, is there any software available to record the input data entered while accessing the wallet. Recently one of my friend informed about such a way to know the private keys. Is there anyone here have any such experience.

When logging in an internet cafe make sure that the cafe is using a defreeze software, so your information will not be saved when you turn off the computer, if they are not using defreeze you can clear the caches so no trace will be left, but the most important thing is using a virtual keyboard, some cafew owners are using keylogger to trace passwords, if you are going to use virtual keyboard, there's no way they can trace all your passwords.

I heard many horrifying stories of having their wallets hacked because they used public computers or here in my country the internet cafes. As always, it is better to be safe than sorry. I never ever opened my wallets using cafes or using internet connection outside my home. No once can be too careful as there are now many ways and strategies that others are using to capture our private keys and being victimized can be one of the worse feeling one may experience. I was once a victim of phishing too so I know what I mean. I am sharing this good post on how to be safe using public computer network.

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