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Download the offline wallet generator from bitaddress.org or walletgenerator.net 's github page to your usb disk. The securest way is to create your private key on a freshly installed linux PC without any internet connection. Then use one of those offline paper wallet services and print your keys on a paper. You can't have a safer way than this.

*mind blown*

Holy shit rust, this never occurred to me. Was always wonky about using both these services because frankly, I really don't trust anyone or anything when it comes to cryptos, decentralization and trustlessness is key here. Of course I can download an open source app and run it on a not connected computer. Duh, dammit. Hindsight be damned, this should have been obvious :(

Now that I'm thinking about it, did everyone that used brainwallet, eventually get compromised?  Generating a private key off of a phrase seemed like a poor idea, but did that pan out? Off topic, but bit address got me nostalgic :)

Listen to the man. He knows his shit.

Brainwallet is only as safe as your passphrase. If people had chosen a strong phrase, they wouldn't have gotten hacked. It wasn't brainwallet's fault. It was people were being stupid. If you choose "1" for your passphrase, you deserve to get robbed. Brainwallet is not moron proof.

As for bitaddress/walletgenerator, they have been here for a very long time and i've never ever heard anyone who lost his funds from an address generated by those services. So yes they are perfectly safe to create private keys.

*don't bother with hardware wallets. They are completely unnecessary to have. The only thing you need is a piece of paper.

if you did it right you'd be fine. the problem is that very, very few people bothered to do it right.

diceware is the way to do it right but even then i'd always be wondering about it.

as for security myself i do hardware wallets these days. the security problem there is hiding the seed words. that's been taken care of with some handy burying.

If you want to use payments frequently, hardware wallets are dramatically better than paper wallets to have.  You can spend very conveniently from an online interface.  Paper wallets are great for long-term cold storage but hardware wallets are the thing to have for the casual user.

Hardware wallets really aren't that expensive if you want to casually spend on a regular basis.  With the price of Bitcoin as it is it doesn't even cost 0.05 BTC to buy a TREZOR, so I really don't see where all the opposition is... especially since if you have a hardware wallet you can have several additional passphrases and hidden wallets very easily, whereas if someone steals those pieces of paper it's just over.

If you spend everyday and use your wallet everyday then there is no need for secrets and nuances, an Electrum wallet should do great considering your PC is safe from any kind of malware. If you want to have a wallet for a longer time I think you can use Electrum in an old laptop to create a watch only wallet and keep it as cold storage.

It has many way to secure your wallet, you can put your account and keys in different files or text-file then backup it to your email, print it or put it on your usb and give a copy to your love one for encase.

" backup it to your email" Wtf? Do you keep your private keys in your gmail account? Brilliant plan, ese (https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b5a11de1-83d6-4945-8f3f-89e8f045fc4d). Brilliant.

"put it on your usb" Also not safe. They can get broken out of nowhere.

It seems you don't have any clue what you are doing and certainly not in a position to give an advice.

Some solutions are, using a paper wallet, and using a cold storage (keeping your bitcoin completely offline). Personally I would go with hardcore wallet (Trezor, Ledger Nano S, Keepkey) as I like to move my cryptocurrencies online, and I think this is also an easy answer for newbies when wanting to secure your coins.

Using paper wallet and then store the private key safe like store my private key in the flashdisk and i've private grup facebook which only me there store. my private key also my private data :)

If you are using an online wallet, then just keep your private key of your wallet and be sure that you are not going to send it or say it to anyone, because if that will happen, then you're doomed, though web wallets are not that safe enough for me even your private key is in the safe place, unlike the Hardware wallet that is more secure than this web wallet because it could be use Online or Offline.

Hardware wallet are mostly offline, and that what makes it safe from the hackers. You are just going to use it online when sending bitcoins to another wallet or to someone to make a transaction.

If you don't have a lot of money, I think a paper or hardware wallet is a bit over power, and local wallet is good enough (I use jaxx for example).

If you do, I'd recommend using multiple wallet - a paper wallet to store large amounts and a local wallet for "everyday use".
As said, you should create the paper wallet offline (or alternatively buy a hardware wallet).

I like the suggestion of 'mindrust', especially using Linux for the purpose.  Other OS are always suspecious, especially when you are using pirated copy :) .  A simple test is to type netstat in cmd and see how many IP addresses are communicating with your PC without your will. These activities are suspecious and who knows one of the listener is a scanner looking for sensitive informtion about the Bitcoin wallets on your PC.

For the first time I created a paper wallet I had my doubts when using the https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/ program.

  I bought a new pc and printer..all clean never hooked up the the internet and never will be. My fear was creating a wallet with password encryption and not be able to decrypt or even sweep the bitcoins out.

  So I tested a  few..all worked out well but I still needed a second independent program to confirm this. And if you follow my thread that I started a month or so ago you will see I also used a program created by Mike Caldwell to confirm a good wallet and ease my fears. Hope this helps

                https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1965815.msg19544651#msg19544651

I think if you use bitcoin you should keep information and that is all. Because BTC is safe your wallet good enought.

Why go with brain wallet...just do regular with encrypted password...now the thief has to not only figure out your private key but also your Encrypted password.

Using a hardware wallet like Ledger is enough, if you don't want to spend 80$ then you can use blockchain.info with all securty settings activated on a clear computer or virtual machine.

I find the purse blockchain.info very reliable. There is a double authorization and this gives you additional protection from scammers.

Of course nobody wants to spend or loose 80$ when there's an alternative that offers comparatively same attributes for free. So I guess we will all go for the blockchain.info purse.

QR Codes, a 2D Barcode scanner from Ebay, a laminator, and something to generate QR codes and passwords like the below sites, and a PC... anybody seriously into crypto shouldn't be using their phone as a sole source of doing everything. I'm just assuming everyone here has a secure PC setup.

https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/
https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

You can make paper wallets, really long passwords, all sorts of secure shit with this setup.  I combine it with lastpass, a 64 character QR code password, and a backup email address that has a 32 character password, and recently just installed authy and instead of naming each 2 factor site, I just use letters and laminated a little card for my wallet which tells me which letters are for what account. Example... coinbase might be Aaaaaaaaaa on the authenticator app, that way if someone happens to get ahold of the app or the tokens, they won't know what they're for.

Basically it's 3 factor authentication.. I need my wallet, phone, and lastpass, or QR codes I've laminated and stashed in safe deposit boxes to do anything, and yet I never have to ever remember a password, or type in passwords, except the ones I purposely make easier to remember for forums.

You can also back up your account on bitcointalk using this thread in case it's hacked by someone:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.0

I also never have to change passwords, as I believe the outdated corporate philosophy of changing passwords every 3 months is absolutely ridiculous, especially with oracle 11G where the passwords have to be pretty long to begin with.

bitcoin us a name of safety it’s a digital currency and a safe money to use its good easy and safe to use a lot of people want to invest their money in bitcoin just because it’s safe and secure to keep hold for long term and for this purpose there are a lot of hardware wallets are now available in market.

always store your private keys , print ur paper wallet lol , best way is using hardware wallet like trezor / ledger and of course dont lose it , to be honest i myself never use that kind of wallet but many people says its safest wallet , i always use web wallet such a coinbase and blockchain and i never had problem with it

there is no secret, there is only simple way to do it, either you do it with a simple usb stick and put the wallet there, or you buy a trezor and secure your private key, or you can also use your brain and memorize the private key

this last method is a bit risky if you forgot the private key you are fucked, but it leave no trace outside, in case someone want to rob your trezor and force you to reveal the private key in some violent way

I know the offline wallet and paper wallet that works for keeping bitcoin for long time and even its secure by reading article . But i never had that much bitcoin to store in offline i always keep in blockchain .info as far my bitcoin is very less i am happy with block chain.

Storing the wallet on USB stick is actually a very good idea i never thought of it before reading your post.
Even if  we store the wallet on USB stick there would be a high chance of brute forcing like you said in the case of trezor Wallet, but  USB stick method is quiet economic as compared to the trezor wallet.

Well it is best to secure your wallet by not logging in to another IP. Just trust your own IP. If you are to use another IP put on your mentality that what if they hack my wallet, what if they will steal my own money. Well that is one way on keeping it secure. There are some wallets that is needed some verification codes just to open the wallet. Try to explore those kinds of wallet and might help to secure thy money.

We suggest that indeed we should be obliged to secure the bitcoin wallet is stored with us personally and only we know the key code if any one know you'll be ready to lose that bitcoin stored safely. secure wallet also aims to let the wallet contained hardware on the market. it can also be used for bitcoin future long-term future. so old age and will be secured with security for your wallet in

http://toppayingsites.net/tutorials/how-to-use-paper-wallet-bitcoin/

This tutorial is one of the best that will solve any doubts one has, I do not claim the ownership of this article, so you can post comment on the article if you need more help, but I don't think it will be necessary, it has all the possible information and it is simplified so that all can understand and easily use it with time, already running I feel each one should do it. I do hope this helps every one

Well blockchain.info purse even though online is very secured and I've been using it for the past one year without hitches. It's safe and allow me to have adjustable transaction fees which most online wallets don't so in my opinion it's ideal for anyone who doesn't want to spend on an extra hardware for offline savings.

Download github file of bitaddress.org and run it on offline computer to generate bitcoin address & private key pairs in completely offline environment. Print it with offline printer, laminate it and store in safe place. I think this is best and cheap way to securely store your bitcoins.

Few other suggestions if you want to use web wallets or electrum like light weight wallet, than don't forget to put strong password and to make a backup of your wallet.

Coinbase, xapo like wallets are not a good place to store large amount of bitcoins because they also have access to your bitcoins, same applies for bitcoin exchanges.

In securing your bitcoin wallet you can use the coins.ph.Because coins.ph is ome of the most tested bitcoin wallet online that is proven to be legit.In coins.ph your bitcoin is safe and secured.

It depends in every users if how will they secures their wllets.
Just keep all the information in a safe place and be careful as always.
In that way, you can protect your wallet.

For secure wallets, they always keep track of the IP addresses of each account, and if they detect it is logging in from a weird IP, they will block it immediately. After that, they will perform manual verification steps, which is the only way to secure your account....

  securing wallet is one of the most important factor to secure your wallet from hacking or steeling is not so difficult. There are a lot of online wallets are available today in markets coin base xapo world digital currency in now save enough to keep in online hardware wallets .

Securing my wallet im not going to tell my bitcoin address to anybody becuase some people want to hack a bitcoin wallet and going to save may bitcoin in a offline wallet for sure of it and secure your wallet with a security system to not easy to hack your wallet.

Keeping a paper wallet is the best security method, one generated from an offline PC and encrypted with a password that is both memorable to you and secure, That's the very definition of security IMO.
Of course, just having a PC wallet with a good antivirus/malware can be enough if you are careful enough to avoid any possible mines.

Use cold storage wallets. Armory/Electrum are the most reliable ones for me. The reason I prefer cold storage is because it's immune to hacking attacks and the only way of losing access to your coins is if you lost it.

If you want to have a secure wallet then you should try trezor. I purchased trezor a few weeks ago and all i can say is, it is the best wallet that i have ever had because of its security features and awesome design for a hardware wallet and it is very easy to use in any type of computer even there is some detections of malware in a pc, i'm still confident that my bitcoins are safe.

Protecting your wallet is important. Especially you are creating yourself an account on bitcoin so security is very important. Especially now a lot of bad guys in information technology can invade enter your wallet easily. Be careful!

yes, securing wallet is very important. I have three bitcoin wallets, all my wallets are secure and safe.

What do you think about differences Bitcoin and Ethereum from the point of security?
http://imgur.com/SrwnD0z

it isn't a secret trick or the like actually, everyone knows it but allot ignore it, Have a BTC wallet for cold storage out of the internet, for majority of coins, 2)  always use a good AV and 3) be careful, don't click download on the shady fake program, That's probably it (also add a password and encrypt your Private keys, but don't forget it).

Here, if you use an offline wallet, I think you do not need to do too much to protect it. You just need to carefully store your personal locks, your money will be safe. Also, you need to keep in mind when visiting certain websites, if you encounter a virus, it will infiltrate and steal your entire amount.

Always 2fa can be also help to secure your wallet.. and i think xapo and coinbase are legit wallet online but we are just always having many issue about their service that is why other people are always looking for a way to secured their wallet to safety of their funds..
Since i already experience of many issue about coinbase and Xapo i transfer almost all my funds in electrum because its more safe that the other wallet..

Download offline paper wallet generator and copy it to fresh install of computer or VM, then generate paper wallet, print it and store it to your bank cell or other places that only you would reach

all online wallets provide the best service to its users including in terms of security so depending on how we make our wallet safe and private. coinbase and xapo have many issues with their services and electrum is superior but so far i have no problem using coinbase.

as far as i know the most security wallet is the ones who have 2fa like blockchain , coinbase . offline wallets can be safe too if installed correctly

easy
hardwar wallet :

nano s
trezor

The only way Bitcoin theft can be done is to provide more security to the Bitcoin Wallet without any interruption.

But having a clean computer is a big if, if you are not using a Linux distribution and instead you are using windows, with windows you are one download away from being completely robbed of your coins, so if you are hoping to use a desktop wallet use Linux please.

2fa is very useful to secure your wallet because you can choose authentication like sms verify so even though hackers know your wallet password they will not be able to open it because they do not have your phone number where you have to login with verify on phone. I use this authentication in my wallet

Securing your wallet means not using a web wallet or any online wallet. Because the safe wallet is the one that you can save on your own and that is cold storage or paper wallet or bitcoin wallet with private key because in that case you are the only one who can access your wallet and it is safe with the hackers attack.

Yes we can maintain secure our wallet. we can provide password to my vaults. nothing is problem no one can hack our valut.  we have diffrent wallets to secure our bitcoins use one of them.  Dont tell to your bitcoin address thats enough security for our bitcoin.

Keeping Bitcoins securely is very important, while considering security measures about safe and Secure environment for wallet, user must have to take appropriate actions.

Already there are many third party Bitcoin Wallet service provider, but very few of them offer total control over your Bitcoin wallet. Blockchain.info is one of the best third party bitcoin wallet service provider.

Bitcoin address without having private keys cannot give control over your wallet. Better to have private keys of addresses which addresses used to receive payments in Bitcoin.

Securing bitcoin wallet is essential for everyone. Please keep your bitcoin software up to date and careful with the online transactions. Please maintain backup for your wallets from unwanted attacks. Maintain secrecy about your bitcoin wallet address and private key.

In securing your wallet use the coins.ph .Coins ph is a legit way of securibg your bitcoin.Because coins.ph is already tested and many people are using coins.ph.And with this your money is not stagnant instead it will grow bigger.

Not using anything special or unique, just the plain ol' guide to avoid yourself getting hacked, Not downloading anything suspicious (including altcoins wallets that appear shady in ANY way), Having a good antivirus running 24/7 and scanning everything I download in virustotal complete scanning.

There are a few things anyone can do in order to avoid getting hacked. Do not use third party web online wallets but rather use desktop wallets which lets you total control over your private keys. Keep your PC secure with one of the best security suites , only antivirus is not enough nowadays because of malware becoming more and more complex. Do not click suspicious links in emails or website.

If you are too lazy to do all this, buy a hardware wallet then.

Multiplying your wallet will also minimize the risk, it would be better also if every password of the wallet is different and also given authentication for every wallet. Then your wallet will be very safe and will not be crushed by anyone. I also did that and I have never been hacked

To secure your wallet, maintain your wallet address details and private key confidential. All transactions will be done in the internet, so careful with your money and wallet. For simple transactions, wallets are very useful and risk-free.

I encrypt all my financial information in a flat encrypted file using Veracrypt https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/

Then use a combination of password managers and phrases. This is for Exchanges, Servers, Wallets the lot.

I think I may have locked it down a little too much, that perhaps I might forget the process I take one day.

Never keep anything in clear text files. Encrypt everything.

Private key and wallet seed must hold as confidential thing. Apart from that wallet.dat file also to secure it safely. Mostly don't prefer onlinr wallets for your usage. You need to have a desktop wallet or paper wallet to have numurous features.

Online transactions are safe in present days, but, sometimes which also needs to hack if the wallet information, including your wallet private and address, is not confidential. So, while using your wallets, be careful.

When you go online the level of safety drops do the safest way is offline, generate the paper wallet offline in a computer that has a fresh OS installed and that has not been connected to the internet yet, generate it and optionally reinstall the OS, in this way I consider one of the safest way to secure the wallet.

The most important thing to keep yourself secure online is not falling for any temptation of a "bot" "earning method" etc... because majority of trojans and malware enter devices through the user's own plunders, and rarely for a vulnerability in the system or the like.
To provide the best possible security for a wallet, an encrypted, paper wallet, generated offline is the most secure IMO, but you need to make sure you keep enough copies in secure places to avoid losing the key yourself.

Recently, there has been a lot of robberies and wallet hacks targeting the Blockchain.info users. If you want to use their service, then make sure that you enable 2FA, and email verification. But if there is a keylogger targeting your logins, then even 2FA may not be able to stop your coins getting stolen. And let me say one more thing. $80 is not a big amount, if you are holding $25,000 worth of coins.

THE most secure cold storage wallet is one that can not be burned in a house fire.

Brass plate. Typewriter keys. Hammer.

Use hammer to print your private keys using the typewriter keys onto a brass plate and then put it in a lead-lined box and place it somewhere in your home in the wall fixtures (cemented over)

Nuff said.

Having multiple wallets can up the risk as well, if you download several wallets you risk clicking in a phishing link and that way you could install a wallet with malware and be robed of your bitcoin so like you see having multiple wallets is not a guarantee.

Get the best wallet to store bitcoins and secure it with unique private key and authentication address. If you have multiple wallets, then maintain unique private keys to avoid unwanted situations.

yes ,my wallet is secured.i have 3 bitcoin wallets all are fine and safe also.my bitcoin wallet address is very secured and not constant.

Keeping your PC and phone secure will also help in the long term. Have a hot wallet (one you use for day to day spending) and a cold wallet (hardware or paper).

Some times my wallet almost opened by some hackers maybe they know my identifer wallet. I know it's because there's a notification in my email. Luckily blockchain is pretty sophisticated by sending a confirmation email every will login and of course I added authentication and it's pretty safe

Attackers attack the email to get the 2fa out of the way.  Point is that I daily get a half dozen emails that one account or another has a password reset attemtpt.  I keep everything tight as a button, so there is no worry, just sheer amazment that it is almost always a Bitcoin related account and even though I just said that I have a huge number of accounts, in comparison to all the other accounts, bank accounts, emails and such, it is staggering how much people try to hit those crypto accounts.

Read how this guy lost 13BTC when he sent BTC via his wallet!!! The malware substituted a different address...so always confirm again and again!

    https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/malware-snatches-13btc-36000-bitcoin-user/

   Interesting indeed..How would they know that you had bitcoin? Is it possible..say for example on this forum, hackers can find out the IP of people like us and be able to start attacks on the IP address for that person? IF SO, then would a VPN that created a false IP be the answer? Your thoughts please.

The current phenomenon is that hackers attack our wallet via phishing emails via slack channel, whatever generated channels are automatically sent into our email notif with excellent packaging, they are very similar to dev emails and offer many free bonus claim offerings.

It is surprising that the bounty of slack channel is really worn and spread over all the latest altcoin campaign. Consider if the campaign participants are 200 more people, the chances of successful phishing will be enormous.

2fa is useless if phishing has mastered email and PC and will directly affect our wallet

In securing wallet, it has to do the company wallet chosen. To secure your wallet,please try luno.

When talking about wallets, the two most important factors to ensure your safety are personal lock and seed. Just keep them safe, you can use your wallet anytime and anywhere.

When creating wallet in any application that is really important thing is to save the private keys. Because once it forgotten problem is in. Atleast dont open any link that you dont know because there are many phishing sites that wanted to hack an account.

yes my wallet is 100% secure , if someone hack my account i lose my whole bitcoin . so i create a 2 step verification code in my mobile phone. I this everyone do it for his won security.   

This is most important topic safety is first.

Seems you are using web wallet. For the case of stand alone wallets, the chances to get hacked is comparatively very low. My suggestion to you and everyone must be, switching over to stand alone wallets and disconnecting them from internet if your bitcoins are intended for saving long term.

There are many guides available everywhere on how to safely enter into cold storage, you may refer them. I am using electrum with few bitcoins into cold storage.

The methods will differ from the type to type of the wallet. If you want to secure your web wallet then you can turn on your 2FA feature which safeguards your account from unauthorized logins. (example: I receive email as well as SMS containing two different codes  to log in my web wallet). For offline wallets (like a paper wallet) you can install wallet generator program and run it on the PC which is not and will never be associated with the internet or even LAN connection.

And it would be nice if you are going to give some tips and not just like this one. Securing our bitcoin wallet is obviously the most important thing here, saving the private key where we are the only who knows where it is, so it is safe from the people who wants to steal your bitcoin. Using Hardware wallet is the most recommended by everyone here since it is too hard to hack and it is trusted than this web wallets.

May I know what kind of wallet you're talking about? I'm curious to that.

Generate private key, Write in a piece of paper and store offline. Your wallet is then secured

The security and having no worries for your money became hack is worth it with the hardware wallet like trezor for me. Because in that case you can access your bitcoin anywhere and in addition it is totally safe for the hackers because the security is being maximize when you are going to use it.

I agree , A hardware wallet is a good wallet like trezor . Trezor have extra security like if you lose your hardware wallet or got stolen you have a way to recover your bitcoins from your wallet. Its just you will invest/buy the hardware wallet. But it seems a good investment for a person who is holding a large amount of bitcoin.

They say better have a hardware wallet or what they called off line wallet, where you can manage your money or bitcoin freely not relying things in online wallet like many people are using, especially those newbies who does not know anything since they were newbie they just looking for easy way, those oldies in bitcoin preferred to use off line wallet, at least unlike online there is third party between you and the money which is the exchange or bitcoin bank.

Yes, that must everyone did in every wallet created. Many people now who thinks they are clever enough to get whatever they want, like hacking coins, for sure many people tried it but in bitcoin I guess they find it hard. However, I even heard that hacker are creating a mechanism to even hack or bypass 2fa security. So we should be more careful and secure.

of their own was already preparing a bitcoin bitcoin wallet that is safe enough to be used for users of bitcoin. During this time many are using bitcoin wallet safe-secure, such as a bitcoin digital currency that we can use to easily transfer and secure in its storage in the long term as well as short. to secure a bitcoin can you could use such a bitcoin wallet, atherium, and many more.

Why many people are trying to hack a wallet?
Yesterday my exchanges account hit hack so I lost a little capital.

Each Bitcoin wallet must have different layers of security and different ways of securing it. But on average, they provide an option where you can add 2 Factor Authentication to give an extra layer of security to your wallet. 2 Factor Authentication is usually a verification via an SMS pin that will enter the mobile phone number you registered when you created a wallet, or a Google Authenticator pin that you can install on your laptop or on your smartphone. As a result, every time you want to log in to your wallet, you should be able to enter your SMS e-mail address, password and SMS pin or GA pin to access your wallet.

That's why it's not advisable to store your coins into exchanges, it can't be refunded when it lost because it's not their liabilities after all.

There are many cases of bitcoin theft because their wallets are not so safe, there are many thefts especially in online wallets because it is quite easy for hackers to hack them. I think it will make it safer if you add 2fa. Such as sms verify, google auth, etc. It will make it more secure

I just used the Two-Factors Authentication (2/TFA) on my online wallet but I think it is safe when it comes to that so there's nothing to worry about unless anyone also knows your number and he has it and your email in case it needs some verification. So you better keep your wallet safe and be clever on your passwords or you might change passwords every month.

Because they are the people who don't want a proper work/job they and they are the reasons why you have to secure your accounts and BTC wallet, mostly your passwords in any websites especially if you have funds there.

Your responsibility is to secure your account/s, and there's no other one to blame but you.

There are only few ways on securing your wallet the one thing comes to my mind is storing those bitcoins or coins from your hardware wallet then keep your private keys safe which no one would ever know on where those keys are stored.This is the most important thing you should kept since this key is the only thing that would able to access your wallet once lost then say good bye to your coins.

it is a good option to have a multi wallet in consideration on finding a holding input of you bitcoin. We all know that there is a lot of risk in holding on a web basis because the security is much vulnerable and come through out the web so having an option of finding an offline wallet or either a handy wallet such an application wallet is a great thing to do to help on securing you bitcoin in terms of holding. Because through this you can have the power to monitor and hold you bitcoin at the same time. With higher potential of developing on both the value and security of your chosen wallet.

Always try to store your private key in offline places. This might me hand-written paper, or any other offline option. Never use printers to print out your private key as they could save this document inside.

I agree with you, you private keys should be written with your hand in a white paper and save it with your important documents. We should avoid to print it because they could be saved in the documents inside the print which it's risked.
Anyways, I never use an offline wallet. Now i just use a web wallet which it's blockchain which it's too secure and i feel good to save my bitcoin there. It's secured by E mail and phone number, with a hard password to crack.