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Title: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: raze on April 22, 2013, 11:43:23 AM I just installed the Bitcoin app on my Android, and was wondering if it would be considered a bad thing if I were to import the private keys to my desktop?
Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: Explicit on April 22, 2013, 11:48:12 AM Could you provide a further explanation.
is it either: a) you'd like to import the private key of your android wallet to the desktop (of a PC) b) you'd like to import the private key of an address you are already using on your PC to the adroid app ?? Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: ISAWHIM on April 22, 2013, 11:51:36 AM As long as they are encrypted, you can move them anywhere...
If you really want more protection... you can zip and lock them up in a "zip folder", or with 7zip, or win-zip, or win-rar, etc... (Gotta add password in the options) Even more protection... hide them in an image, as an image of your key. (the letters in paint) lol, low-tech for high-tech... They will never think to open "secret.jpg", and actually know what it is for. Unless you write that in text too... "This is my private key for bitcoins" :P Um, make a recording of your key as a wav or mp3... You will have them stumped! Split it, so it is three seporate files... one JPG, one ZIP, one MP3, all have part of the code... lol Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: Explicit on April 22, 2013, 11:53:52 AM ... or simply use Truecrypt. :)
Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: raze on April 24, 2013, 03:02:51 AM Could you provide a further explanation. is it either: a) you'd like to import the private key of your android wallet to the desktop (of a PC) b) you'd like to import the private key of an address you are already using on your PC to the android app ?? I meant import the private keys of the Android app to the Bitcoin wallet on my desktop. Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: zomby2d on April 25, 2013, 03:49:22 AM Yeah, I was just wondering myself if I could install a Bitcoin wallet on my Android device and use the same key/addresses I have on my desktop. That way I would have access to my funds pretty much everywhere.
Is that possible to do so, and is it a good idea? Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: HumpNRun on April 25, 2013, 05:16:39 AM I just installed the Bitcoin app on my Android, and was wondering if it would be considered a bad thing if I were to import the private keys to my desktop? I would not keep any large amount of money in a phone or desktop .... make an offline wallet /paper wallet and use phone for small amounts of bitcoins only having in 2 places = 2x the risk of getting stolen by spyware Title: Re: Private keys in multiple instances? Post by: Rodyland on April 25, 2013, 05:23:17 AM It could be dangerous as the change addresses from one install won't be on the other.
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