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As the latest news about MEW that is being breached thru a phishing attack and got lost of many ethereum can anyone give me a recommendation on how to use and store my private keys safe? I have been scared from that moment on what if i try to login to my MEW and got my account also breach.

Don't store your private keys online. It is that simple, anything that is online can be gotten to by hackers and used to hack your wallets. Store your private keys offline. Try saving them in wordpad or another text editor that is similar to wordpad.

Loads of people get hacked because they have their private keys in text files on their online PC's. Just buy yourself a hardware wallet, easy to set up, this is the best solution for an average Joe. Your tokens should be safe even if you visit a fake site because you still have to press a physical button to make a transaction.

The thing is , avoid visitinf these phising sights and try not to log into your account too often, hackers are real, private keys can be stored best in paper wallets, make a print out of these keys and keep them in a safe probably, away form anyone apart from you,

I store data either on paper or on a Micro SD card with write locking or in the form of photos

I have made multiple copies and keep them on hard drives in various safe places. If you possess huge amount of crypto, you can find a lawyer for yourself who will be able to give access to the wallet to only you personally.

now what you will do is that don't save your private key online i mean saving it on your email or mainly in draft because you could get hack from your email and the made away with your tokens, secondly don't do airdrops asking to do kyc or to reveal your details, those things may likely lead in hacking of your address then wen ever you are doing a new project just use a different wallet to secure your address the most.

Try to store it in a flash drive so that every time you need it you can easily insert and get it,and one thing never trust anybody even though your relatives and friends sometimes those people will become your worst enemy here in crypto world.

I have hard copies written and kept in strategic in my house and office. The worst mistake ever is to store private keys and log in details online. I used to do it but refrained from it when I was advised to. As for storing them on hard drives or flash drives, I'm yet to explore that option

i keep everything in my dashlane very secure

Store your private keys in a place or device that an internet cannot access.
When accessing websites that would require the private keys, always use metamask or hardware wallets.

I think that many people should think about buying a hardware wallet. Personally I have it and I am very happy with it. I also work from a separate computer,where I do crypto-currencies.

I think the best place to keep a very personal and private information like one's private is off the computer where nobody can hack into it. Maybe on a hardcopy like paper or an external drive.

This has been an issue that required prompt attention and great caution. A friend one mine's wallet was hacked and has swpet away all the coins and token that was in his wallet. I just hope we can take precautions to avoid all these because it is a great lose.

The best way to be safe is through the use of hardware wallet. You can as well use offline wallets, such as imtoken. I have been using imtoken for quite some time now and no bad occurrence whatsoever has been recoded.

You need to be careful with the sort of email messages you read requesting for private keys. Again, any website you are not familiar with, you should stay away from them as you could easily be hacked via virus attack. You should avoid sending your private keys over the media to a trusted friend to do some transactions for you. I will recommend that, you connect you wallet addresses to metamask by installing metamask on your various browsers. Metamask helps you to track phishing sites and avoid them. These are some tips to keep your private keys safe.

I use metamask to secure my ETH Wallet and its private key. I Never use my private key anywhere, because, to me, safety is the priority. I Saved my private key in My google drive. You think it is not secure? Yes, that's right. And, That's why I kept my all account info in a locked Zip file, and then I uploaded that Zip file in my google drive, Pc drive, Smartphone drive and everywhere else.

I have logged to the MEW last 24 hours and I don't get any problem with it. You can try to use metamask to give another security layer to your MEW wallet or it much better if you can try to run MEW locally (offline).
Always try to checked the URL and certificate. Never try to publish any data that related to your privatekey and for the last thing always keep your eyes with any update about mew.

You should not often log into the wallet with an online address, I think you should download the metamask application to use for login and tokens transfer, many hackers took advantage of and created the fraudulent MEW site, they If you do not pay attention, you can not distinguish which one is real.

My suggestion for you to keep your private keys safe is by making a hard copy of the private Key what I mean is print it on paper by so doing nobody can get to where it is once you keep it where no any other person have access to

yes i agree with your opinion. never store your private keys online.. just save your private key in wordpad or another text editor like ms word.


nice tips. i am agree, and we have to be careful of virus attacks and hacker

The simplest way to keep a private key safe on the MEW is to bookmark the https://www.myetherwallet.com/ page on your browser frequently and save the private key offline on your computer or phone, and The safest place to write in a paper and store in a safe place that only you know.

Yes, right ,
keep it offline and if necessary you must duplicate any data to some hardware such as flasdick or other storage such as cassettes and others

The thing is , avoid visitinf these phising sights and try not to log into your account too often, hackers are real, private keys can be stored best in paper wallets, make a print out of these keys and keep them in a safe probably, away form anyone apart from you,

There can be a lot of ways to keep safe of your provate key you can save it to your mobile phone you can also save  it on you personal computer and also you can write it down to a note and out it on your wallet so it doesnt get lost

Do everything to protect your wallet, make a lot of back up for your private keys and don’t ever expose it to anyone you don’t even trust. I personally secure my wallet, I printed it out and no one knows the exact pattern I put on the wallet keys so its your strategy on how to protec your wallet.

The best is just to store one's private key offline. Private keys are often hacked at the moment. One just needs to be extra careful with it. It's best to store them in a safe place where the internet cannot even have access to it.

the best agan storage can sympathize in the flash drive because there is more easy to access it to save it back in the flash so far from losing konci, and never play wifi other people and do not let others know our konci

Avoid logging into your wallet frequently, only when really needed.
Limit use of private key to login.
In private key out and keep paper in a safe place, save it on the network is quite dangerous, hackers can steal it at any time.

If to store, then on degree of reliability looks approximately so:

1. Paper purse.
2. System from two computers of "cold storage" (there is such opportunity, for example, in Electrum, Armory).
3. Multisubscription purses together with hardware.
4. Hardware purses.
5. Multisubscription without hardware. (including with 2FA).
6. Softovye under Linux.
7. Softovye under Windows.
8. Online purses and exchanges.

you can rstore in a place that you think it safe, you can put in a usb drive then keep it. avoid opening always your wallet, just open you wallet if you like to do some transaction.if you are using MEW and if you are if you like to check if something new coins on your wallet just check it on etherscan.io just paste your address only. and you can also out an extra security 2FA.

There are a few methods to save your private keys securely, however, even if you save your keys well, if you visit a phishing site you will lose all your tokens because when you enter the fake site you are introducing those keys. In the case that you pose, the important thing is to make absolutely sure that you are on the real MEW site or, alternatively, to run MEW offline and locally.

We must careful we put in a hàrd wallet and no one can know about what is inside of that wallet. No letting others so that it will not stolen of others.

don't open your wallet using private key, this is very risky.
save your private key in notepad or any other text editor.
if you want to open your wallet you better install the add-on metamask on chrome browser first then import your private key on metamask.

hallo my friend
For your essential site, create a bookmark for the login page or type the URL directly in the browser address bar and Beware of unsolicited email and instant messages.

Back up your computer.
Back up your phone, not just the computer.
The most dangerous men in the digital world are hackers. Be careful.

The best way will be to store your private key in a paper or in a storage device that you are not using. And it's advisable not to be logging into your ether wallet often.

If you have money, you can buy hardware wallets. If there isn't enough money, you shouldn't store the private key in digital media.
I write this knowledge only on a piece of paper.

People make it really complicated when they talk about the safety of their wallets.. It is very simple thing that you have the key to your house and in the house you have gold pots with diamonds filled in. How do you see everything? You will obviously keep tight security around it and you will save your keys to somewhere place very safe.

Its just that you have to safeguard your keystone file and private keys in the same manner. Thats the only key to open up the whole thing so why not take extra precaution and save them with multiple copies on different hardware? You can always print the private key and place it somewhere safe. Simple.  :)

Hide your private key on notes
Password it if you want
If there any hack indicated
Change wallet and don't use your old wallrt
Use trezor or ledger if you want to feel safer

Hahaha, you store the private key like diamond and gold. Actually it does not needed at all that kind of security mate. I do not think you have big fund in your wallets. Better concern you could buy the hardware wallets like Trezor or ledger Nano s to keep your fund safe dude.
Other than if you have small amount just install the desktop wallet which is most used in your personal handy. That is enough and keep your private key in your computer hard disk and desktop folder with the app locked.

 So simple mate , make more copy of your private key then keep it on your laptop or sd card which is no one can locate where it is and no one knows as well. And also don't ever share your private key to anyone specially to those people who always offer something  for your private key 'cause it's obvious (ponzi)  and stay away also from any ads that related on crypto 'cause nowadays there are some auto dload ads that can get your private information such social media accounts and etc which one's you click it ,

I stored my private keys in many places I made copies to any store device such flash drive, laptop, etc I named them with encrypted so I think other people that had found the file maybe confused with them.

My private key was stolen on time when I kept them myself and now trezor keeps my private keys for me and I feel protected.

Most of the time, I am also troubled by this problem.
So I bought a hardware wallet, so I don't need to deliberately keep my private key, I just need to carry my hardware wallet with me.

I think that many people should think about buying a hardware wallet. Personally I have it and I am very happy with it. I also work from a separate computer,where I do crypto-currencies.

I usually save my private key on my mobile phone, and I will record a copy on my laptop! I think if you are too worried about being stolen, then you should avoid landing some unknown sites and download software!

Save the private key in flash disk, Never use private key on ether delta, fork delta, IDEX.. Always check the DNS on MEW.
And use trezor or ledger wallet.

Write your private keys on a paper and keep it somewhere or put it on a safety vault.

Don't write your private keys on emails or cloud storage because that's at risk and there are hackers that are targeting emails or cloud storage. There are incidents that newly registered emails or accounts to a website was used to recover bitcoins through their wallet by a site's administrator.

There can be a lot of ways to keep safe of your private keys.  you can save it to your mobile phone you can also save  it on you personal computer and also you can write it down on a paper and keep it so that it would be safe

There are many options where to store the private key. I have it on a piece of flash drive which is covered in a secluded place. As many people write about writing on paper and storage in a way that is not bad for me, it will be necessary to create one for myself as well.

You can save it in flash disk or hard drive of your computer. everyone has a problem for private key storage.

If you are a victim of a phishing attack then your wallet is totally lost no matter where you put it. To avoid phishing websites you should double check crypto related websites you often visit and you could also use an extension like Metamask to detect fake Myetherwallet.

You should use core wallet for all ETH and your token! You should use it on a computer that is not connected to the Internet and peripherals can transmit information outside. Good luck

I don't think that is a big problem today, I keep my coins in hardware wallet mostly and some in other platforms. Hardware wallets are the safest ones for storing coins.