Topic: Trust No One - page 7. (Read 161211 times)
Staying alert != paranoia
great post...learned a lot 
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!
At the end its all about money!
It sure is. Good luck.
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!
At the end its all about money!
The fact that I'm paranoid doesn't mean they are not trying to get me! 
It's right!
awesome advice, will heed
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.
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"
But yeah, a good penetration tester will be a good social engineer too. Charm and a few good words can get you in a private network relatively easily.
Good information.
I think you hit some important points.
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.
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"
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.
It does make me paranoid, but I guess that's just some of the risks of using Bitcoin.
thx for all informations
great advice thanks
I use to trust in people, i had some surprises, but basically most of "us" we are to be trusted.
IMHO.
Regards
IMHO.
Regards
But if any new coins not hit any exchange and I want to buy?
we should make a list of all the scammers including user name, ip, and email address....
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.
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.
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"Don't be an idiot" is a better rule than "trust no one", I think.
Great advice!
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