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Topic: Trust No One - page 7. (Read 161328 times)

newbie
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May 23, 2013, 07:29:10 PM
Staying alert != paranoia  Smiley
newbie
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May 23, 2013, 07:14:43 PM
great post...learned a lot  Grin
sr. member
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May 20, 2013, 02:37:37 PM
thx for all informations, but i think it up to us how to secure our investments and how to put faith in people!
At the end its all about money!

It sure is.  Good luck.
full member
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Make world a better place to live!!!
May 20, 2013, 02:35:11 PM
thx for all informations, but i think it up to us how to secure our investments and how to put faith in people!
At the end its all about money!
legendary
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Honey badger just does not care
May 16, 2013, 08:43:02 AM
The fact that I'm paranoid doesn't mean they are not trying to get me! Wink
newbie
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May 14, 2013, 01:05:33 PM
It's right!
member
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May 14, 2013, 12:59:13 PM
awesome advice, will heed  Grin
newbie
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May 13, 2013, 04:11:33 PM
Good information.
newbie
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May 13, 2013, 06:54:13 AM
I think you hit some important points.
legendary
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May 13, 2013, 06:16:46 AM
I heard of a story of someone's BTC being hacked despite all measures being taken, such as Paper Wallet, Truecrypt, and offline access, but they still got hacked.

It does make me paranoid, but I guess that's just some of the risks of using Bitcoin.

"Humans are the weakest link in IT Security Chain"

newbie
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May 13, 2013, 06:10:13 AM
I heard of a story of someone's BTC being hacked despite all measures being taken, such as Paper Wallet, Truecrypt, and offline access, but they still got hacked.

It does make me paranoid, but I guess that's just some of the risks of using Bitcoin.
newbie
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May 13, 2013, 05:41:19 AM
thx for all informations
newbie
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May 13, 2013, 05:36:33 AM
great advice thanks
newbie
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May 12, 2013, 04:16:28 PM
I use to trust in people, i had some surprises, but basically most of "us" we are to be trusted.

IMHO.

Regards
newbie
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May 12, 2013, 04:11:09 PM
But if any new coins not hit any exchange and I want to buy?
hero member
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always the student, never the master.
May 12, 2013, 03:13:39 PM
we should make a list of all the scammers including user name, ip, and email address....
newbie
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May 12, 2013, 03:12:06 PM
I only use Linux for sending coins, or storing wallets.  I have backups of wallets in multiple location on multiple USB drives.  On those devices i also have the public/private keys.  The linux laptop I use for coins is off at all times, and the wi-fi is only enabled to update the blockchain (when needed).

I never keep coins or USD in an exchange for more than a few hours (send coins in, convert to other coins, or sometimes sell a decline and buy back lower).

The wallets I use to send mined coins are on Windows machines - and they are only used to receive coins from mining activities, then immediately send to the offline wallet stored on the laptop etc.

Would the use of a Thumb Drive to store the wallet be an acceptable alternative?

Would prefer NOT to have to learn a new (to me)  OS.

Agreed, although I hear that Linux has come a long way from their earlier days and from what I read seems to be the go to for mining alt coins.
I too am curious to know if use of an encrypted thumb drive to store a 'savings' wallet is considered to be an acceptable alternative.

-bump-
member
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May 07, 2013, 03:15:54 PM
"Don't be an idiot" is a better rule than "trust no one", I think.
newbie
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May 07, 2013, 02:56:56 PM
Great advice!
newbie
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May 07, 2013, 02:46:35 PM
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