old smartphone
Please don’t use a device without security updates and a shitton of known vulnerabilities as your wallet
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
At this point people should not keep substantial amounts of crypto on their main PC anymore. Either get a hardware wallet or an old smartphone or other device to dedicate to that purpose and not install anything else on it.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
If that’s what’s available I will argue it’s still a better option, because it’s isolated. You can make transactions with QR codes and do nothing with the device except run the wallet app, which removes most options for an attacker, including some that could work on a hardware wallet (ie. more complex transactions where it doesn’t display enough info about what is happening to know not to approve it).
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
The crypto was never stored on their PC, that’s not how it works.
sonalder@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
The private key was.
bigboismith@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, like 100% not to victim blame, but that is what not to do 101
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Reason why I am hesitant to do online banking on my PC and rather do it on my phone if possible.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
You get that your phone is a PC right? You’re no more secure if you just do it on your phone.
Your security from banking comes from the fact that the industry is regulated and has fraud protection. Crypto is just as wild west of anything goes nonsense.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Sure. I could aslo limit myself to doing it on a separate machine or a VM that has different credentials than my usual PC.
But my phon e is more convenient :)