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Title: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: alexanderanon on July 15, 2013, 11:18:04 AM Many people here would say that it's safer to secure bitcoin on Linux. Are the Microsoft NSA revelations further proof in the affirmative? Is it possible for 3rd parties to surreptitiously access files on NSA-compliant windows systems?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421733,00.asp Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: /dev/null on July 15, 2013, 04:22:48 PM Simple solution: Disable updates
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: TippingPoint on July 15, 2013, 04:37:30 PM Quote Personally, if I were any foreign government or corporation, I'd stop using all Microsoft products immediately for fear of America spying on me. Nothing can be secret. - John C. Dvorak Windows and Google cannot be trusted. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: justusranvier on July 15, 2013, 04:42:02 PM To start with, don't even try to secure your bitcoins on a computer that is connected to the Internet.
Offline wallets (https://bitcoinarmory.com/using-offline-wallets-in-armory/) are a minimum requirement when it comes to securing bitcoins. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: No_2 on July 15, 2013, 09:11:44 PM To start with, don't even try to secure your bitcoins on a computer that is connected to the Internet. Offline wallets (https://bitcoinarmory.com/using-offline-wallets-in-armory/) are a minimum requirement when it comes to securing bitcoins. +1 Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: Gestas on July 15, 2013, 09:37:05 PM Yeah, sorry the NSA doesnt give a fuck about your bitcoins.
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: WinVery.com on July 16, 2013, 01:06:26 AM Windows Datacenter editions are solid.
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: skitchen on July 16, 2013, 01:10:19 AM Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: WinVery.com on July 16, 2013, 01:12:01 AM I've said too much. 8)
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: DeathAndTaxes on July 16, 2013, 01:19:55 AM I've said too much. 8) If by "too much" you mean complete nonsense well your right. All the editions of windows server come from the same codebase. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: alexanderanon on July 17, 2013, 12:41:23 PM Yeah, sorry the NSA doesnt give a fuck about your bitcoins. Dragnet surveillance doesn't differentiate. Why bother with filters? Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: wiggi on July 17, 2013, 02:26:34 PM Simple solution: Disable updates Nooo... malware will try to fetch your wallet more vigorously than MS. (or evil government) Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: Mogumodz on July 17, 2013, 10:55:27 PM A. Put your wallet.dat file in a folder called 'want to play a game' with 1,000,000 other copies of a wallet.dat.
B. See how long it takes them to try out all the wallets. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: Valerian77 on July 17, 2013, 11:17:57 PM Encrypt your wallet and spread it over some cloud spaces in the internet
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: viriat0 on July 17, 2013, 11:22:15 PM Firewall
AntiVirus Wallet offline Encrypt Wallet Dual boot -» WIN to Mining , Linux to Wallet. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: flagel8 on July 30, 2013, 06:53:09 AM I can run linux - Barely. Of my friends, about 15% could do the same. But I'm not sure I could use Bitcoin while running Linux. Guess I'll have to give it a try. Still, if we can't have secure BitWallets while running Windows on internet connected machines, how can I expect the 85% to adopt Bitcoin? The barriers remain a bit too high for widespread adoption, I think. Hope this changes. Is membership in teh Geek species mandatory? Am I offbase? Are we DOOMED?
Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: Anduck on July 30, 2013, 08:01:34 AM I can run linux - Barely. Of my friends, about 15% could do the same. But I'm not sure I could use Bitcoin while running Linux. Guess I'll have to give it a try. Still, if we can't have secure BitWallets while running Windows on internet connected machines, how can I expect the 85% to adopt Bitcoin? The barriers remain a bit too high for widespread adoption, I think. Hope this changes. Is membership in teh Geek species mandatory? Am I offbase? Are we DOOMED? Secure hardware wallets are coming to rescue. For example, Trezor. Trezor can be used with untrusted computer and it's safe. Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: yayayo on July 30, 2013, 12:54:31 PM To start with, don't even try to secure your bitcoins on a computer that is connected to the Internet. Offline wallets (https://bitcoinarmory.com/using-offline-wallets-in-armory/) are a minimum requirement when it comes to securing bitcoins. +1 I'm quite confident that any system that has a significant user base is a target for private and governmental exploits. ya.ya.yo! Title: Re: Dangers of securing bitcoin on windows? Post by: flagel8 on July 30, 2013, 05:35:03 PM I can run linux - Barely. Of my friends, about 15% could do the same. But I'm not sure I could use Bitcoin while running Linux. Guess I'll have to give it a try. Still, if we can't have secure BitWallets while running Windows on internet connected machines, how can I expect the 85% to adopt Bitcoin? The barriers remain a bit too high for widespread adoption, I think. Hope this changes. Is membership in teh Geek species mandatory? Am I offbase? Are we DOOMED? Secure hardware wallets are coming to rescue. For example, Trezor. Trezor can be used with untrusted computer and it's safe. Thanks. I get that it's an arms race, like predator-prey evolution. Maybe it can be fun... |