why myetherwallet security not strong

[marcous]

yes,, we must be able to making sure and read,,what we click is true?but its better to retype myetherwallet correctly.. because admin or developer myetherwallet never send a message to each user. i also prefer using file keystore,even though its a bit complicated.or you can bookmark and check many times to ensure the real intended site.i hope the future there is improvement to be more secure.

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[cryptoolk]

" MyEtherWallet.com does not hold your keys for you. We cannot access accounts, recover keys, reset passwords, nor reverse transactions. Protect your keys & always check that you are on correct URL. You are responsible for your security."

> dont give you private key to others

>  bookmark the mew site

> dont login the mew using others url /links

> dont save your public and private key in same notepad or doc

> most of them mistake add there private key for the bounty and hacked


follow that methods you can save

[Herdirfauzi]

From some days, my myetherwallet accounts going hacked and i feel, they have to apply any special security feature like google authentication so that only the authentication key holder can access his account because nowadays many slack mails coming and asking for re-validation of eth wallet and get people private key. If any special security feature like google authentication taken for every transaction on wallet, it will not possible for any hacker to get your key or make any transaction from your account.

why can you be sure that your myetherwallet account will be hacked by hackers? it all depends on yourself, you may be exposed to phishing, or your computer is attacked by hackers because you are downloading some software that is not important.

[Herdirfauzi]

" MyEtherWallet.com does not hold your keys for you. We cannot access accounts, recover keys, reset passwords, nor reverse transactions. Protect your keys & always check that you are on correct URL. You are responsible for your security."

> dont give you private key to others

>  bookmark the mew site

> dont login the mew using others url /links

> dont save your public and private key in same notepad or doc

> most of them mistake add there private key for the bounty and hacked


follow that methods you can save

yes yes what you answer, that you should bookmark the official website of MEW, all the security depends on the responsibility of those using MEW.

[oharac]

buy a ledger nano s and never think about security anymore.

[FrankNoland]

From some days, my myetherwallet accounts going hacked and i feel, they have to apply any special security feature like google authentication so that only the authentication key holder can access his account because nowadays many slack mails coming and asking for re-validation of eth wallet and get people private key. If any special security feature like google authentication taken for every transaction on wallet, it will not possible for any hacker to get your key or make any transaction from your account.

In my opinion, I think two factor authenticator would be essential on myetherwalet, however, I wouldn't say that their security  is poor since I have used it and still using it but haven't encounter any difficulties.

They give you several options to back up your wallet: private keys, Json file etc. I don't think someone will easily hack your account unless your provide them with your private keys, remember that private keys are meant to be private and are very difficult to crack, and even if you do crack it but it will take you months until you get it right.

[Koadharber]

From some days, my myetherwallet accounts going hacked and i feel, they have to apply any special security feature like google authentication so that only the authentication key holder can access his account because nowadays many slack mails coming and asking for re-validation of eth wallet and get people private key. If any special security feature like google authentication taken for every transaction on wallet, it will not possible for any hacker to get your key or make any transaction from your account.

Its not really necessary at all because it is actually MEW holders responsibility regarding on the security of his own wallet. MEW is indeed secured as long you do know how to avoid those phishing links and possible compromising or disclosing your keys.As long you are aware on those things your MEW is really secure.

[Herdirfauzi]

With so many new participants in the crypto world, hackers and phishers are taking advantage of this. Fake links, leading to fake urls, where privat keys are then stolen. Always check the url, always.

yes, some times you have to check the official site url of MyEtherWallet to prevent bad things called phishing. should always check url MEW, must and it should be noticed.

[gulshan1]

There are so many reasons behind this question. first one is if any website is not using multi security function then it means that website is not much safe. Myetherwallet is not secure because it is not using google authentication which cannot be cracked by hackers at any cost. Myetherwallet also must start to mobile security. slack is also big supporter to hacker. If any one want to secure their coin then please don't open slack mails in your mail id and not reply to them and just delete them, this is the main reason to hack the Myetherwallet.

[drwhobox]

most hackers use brute force. you only have to set a 50 character long password with capital letters, numbers and symbols. and hide your private key

Yea, its posible to brute force a private key but, it would takes thousands of years or hundreds of years just to get one eth private key mate. I will make it short it's nearly imposible to crack a single private key.

[carlisle1]

To maintain the safety of our accounts and make it should be started by users itself not only by a wallet services . I wonder how a certain hacker gets these people's credentials for their myethereumwallet accounts, being a noob should not be considered as an excuse to set aside your common sense and your observation .

[stomachgrowls]

To maintain the safety of our accounts and make it should be started by users itself not only by a wallet services . I wonder how a certain hacker gets these people's credentials for their myethereumwallet accounts, being a noob should not be considered as an excuse to set aside your common sense and your observation .

With just commonsense you would eventually avoid on being hacked on your myetherwallet which i agree that being a noob is not really an excuse as long you do know your responsibility on hiding your private keys then theres nothing to worry when it comes on hacking incident.Just to read up above it is right that even cracking a single private key would really takes year for sure and you would need to have a super computer on cracking those hashes.

[arseaboy]

With so many new participants in the crypto world, hackers and phishers are taking advantage of this. Fake links, leading to fake urls, where privat keys are then stolen. Always check the url, always.

yes, some times you have to check the official site url of MyEtherWallet to prevent bad things called phishing. should always check url MEW, must and it should be noticed.

thats why they always remind users to double checked the site url and if possible bookmarked the website to make sure that we are using the right one,
its our obligations to take care of our wallets private key or security key never ever entrust the information to anyone and never store it from some place
which hackers can see it.

[Crusady]

I agree with the majority of posts. security depends mostly on the users. But this wallet should also elevate its security, since such cases might affect its overall credibility

[cryptomato]

It seems like they didn't put enough focus on security side. first of all it is a web application, that literally means that is open and vulnerable. so they should more than their best to make sure it is safer.

[thinkpad99]

To maintain the safety of our accounts and make it should be started by users itself not only by a wallet services . I wonder how a certain hacker gets these people's credentials for their myethereumwallet accounts, being a noob should not be considered as an excuse to set aside your common sense and your observation .

The basic requirement for every bitcoin user is the security of his wallet. Hackers are never missing and who knows what may happen if you are not protected. You have to think about it because it's a big problem.

[Netnox]

don't save your public key on email
maybe

Even if you keep the private key securely, the risk is still there. Do you remember what happened to Instawallet in 2013? For noobs, Instawallet was an online Bitcoin wallet, and it closed down after it was found that google search revealed the private keys to the wallet.

[happyme1818]

From some days, my myetherwallet accounts going hacked and i feel, they have to apply any special security feature like google authentication so that only the authentication key holder can access his account because nowadays many slack mails coming and asking for re-validation of eth wallet and get people private key. If any special security feature like google authentication taken for every transaction on wallet, it will not possible for any hacker to get your key or make any transaction from your account.

Myetherwallet is secure. It is up to you how you use it wisely. Better use JSON FILE if you want  to  login in your account so your private key would not exposed. Anyway 2fa is also good additional layer of security for myetherwallet.

[jackhdt]

secure password and private key is good.
hackers can not penetrate your wallet without the private key. to ensure your safety, please protect your computer, ensure no malicious code and viruses. Private key stored carefully

[ZZ8ZZ]

Am I the only one who partly agrees with this. I mean there's always room for improvements, but there'll always be supersmart people which will find exploits and try to profit from them. Like others already mentioned you should use it wisely and be careful what you do on the internetz. Clicking on 1 single scam link can't empty all of your wallets in seconds. It's all up to you, but please don't blame the team behind the wallet afterwards.