Bitcoin wallets on older iphones are insecure

[TanakabZX]

The people that go to cryptocoin conferences should be more skeptical if their iphone was lost and then returned to them by a good samaritan hehehe.

In any case, sharing this article here instead of the press subforum for more views. Keep your iphones safe.


Litecoin Foundation’s full-time developer, Loshan T recently stated on Twitter that Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets were no longer safe on iPhones older than and including iPhone X. This was followed by the developer recommending users to upgrade their iPhone devices, considering that several people use smartphone according to Litecoin Foundation’s internal data. Additionally, Loshan explicity stated that updating iOS would not solve the problem as it is “an unpatchable exploit.”

Loshan made the statement in the wake of a Tweet made by Axi0mX. The Twitter handle had stated,

“EPIC JAILBREAK: Introducing checkm8 (read “checkmate”), a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices. Most generations of iPhones and iPads are vulnerable: from iPhone 4S (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip).”

Read in full https://ambcrypto.com/litecoin-and-bitcoin-wallets-on-iphones-older-than-and-including-iphone-x-are-insecure-says-ltc-developer/

Exploits and security breaches can happen on any smart devices that is why crypto hardware wallets are the best option for any security breach like this one, same thing is happening on android devices, i think smartphones that are built with blockchain tech in mind are even better than hardware wallet e.g bitwings mobile that has better security features and 3FA introduction

[DoublerHunter]

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Exploits and security breaches can happen on any smart devices that is why crypto hardware wallets are the best option for any security breach like this one, same thing is happening on android devices, i think smartphones that are built with blockchain tech in mind are even better than hardware wallet e.g bitwings mobile that has better security features and 3FA introduction

^ It's not really advisable to use an android phone or smartphone as a bitcoin wallet. Definitely right, as of now, the best wallets are those hardware wallets that contain seed phrases and of course strong password. Here is my conclusion, I think just because the version of it is too old then and the bitcoin wallets, for now, are more up to date so in order for your android phone to be compatible on it. You should need to be able to upgrade on a higher version gadget for you to use all the features smoothly but the best option is never to use a phone as your bitcoin wallet.

[bounceback]

Actually I also don't know much about iPhone (Apple) but I know some iPhone features and I'm sure iPhone is one of the world-famous companies and has designed its features well and can be said to be very safe, and in my opinion our Bitcoin wallet is safe for all types of iPhones, even though you say it's not safe for old iPhones or the latest iPhones, iPhonen also has a feature called Icloud that can lock our privacy data.

[Byakuga]

The operating system of iphones are never open source right from day one so it might even be an inside job from the company itself, its better to switch to android phones even if its older android phones they don't have this kind of issue, if you are using iphone for your crypto wallets you should take this very seriously

[imstillthebest]

The operating system of iphones are never open source right from day one so it might even be an inside job from the company itself, its better to switch to android phones even if its older android phones they don't have this kind of issue, if you are using iphone for your crypto wallets you should take this very seriously

you mean older android phones are secure ? i have a couple of old android but i tried to reformat them and they can be easily reformatable which means the phone can be used again by a new owner but newer android phones are not like that . newer units are always more secure  .  iphone including the older ones are more secure than android because they are not easily reformated  . the only issue of them is that they arent open source , like what you said .