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June 21, 2013, 04:35:49 AM
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Would smart phone apps be able to mine information about my wallet just like the mine information about everything else on my phone?

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June 21, 2013, 04:41:10 AM
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I wont try, smartphones aren't the safest devices.  The next wave of hackers attacks will be on smart phones

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June 21, 2013, 04:46:21 AM
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Sure its safe probably
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June 21, 2013, 05:08:28 AM
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 What if i use truecrypt to protect my backup?  

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June 21, 2013, 01:06:23 PM
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Is there a truecrypt app in the Droid market?

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June 21, 2013, 08:02:23 PM
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It would need to be encrypted, something like the private key stored in 1password would be fine.
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June 21, 2013, 08:06:04 PM
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I would say it's like having it on your Pc with internet. An encrypted backup would probably be safe, paperwallet or cold wallet would be better for large sums though.
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June 21, 2013, 08:11:12 PM
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You could also change the name of the file after encryption in order to further disguise it.
It should never be named wallet.dat.pgp or the likes. Try changing wallet.dat.pgp to tankless_water_heater_manual.pdf

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June 21, 2013, 08:21:06 PM
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Not on your daily used Phone, but as kind of Hardwarewallet with No non Market Apps, and only conected to the Internet for Updates,
i don't see a big Problem in this, when you make after every usage a Backup

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June 22, 2013, 12:13:15 PM
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Smartphones aren't built for such shenanigans unless you dedicate it solely for the wallet.

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June 22, 2013, 12:18:01 PM
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You can also zip it with password.
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June 22, 2013, 12:21:00 PM
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You can also zip it with password.
That can be usually bruteforced.

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June 22, 2013, 12:23:54 PM
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Just put it on a cheap, difficult to lose laptop, that's what I'd do, anything smaller would be too easy for people to run off with or disappear.
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June 25, 2013, 12:00:34 PM
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You can also zip it with password.
That can be usually bruteforced.

If you use a weak password yes it can be bruteforced, same problem is with encrypted wallets too.

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June 25, 2013, 12:05:31 PM
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personally, I'd use an offline wallet for >100BTC.

Never gonna happen, for me at least Wink

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June 25, 2013, 12:08:28 PM
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personally, I'd use an offline wallet for >100BTC.

Never gonna happen, for me at least Wink
Same here. Unless you have immense amounts of bitcoin, you don't have to worry about top notch protection.

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June 25, 2013, 12:16:24 PM
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If you somehow got your Smartphone wet, all btc lost .
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June 25, 2013, 12:19:57 PM
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If you somehow got your Smartphone wet, all btc lost .

Yep, don't always rely on them, take backups in memory cards or just simply wrote down your private key somewhere in a safe place.

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June 25, 2013, 12:27:12 PM
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Put it on a USB that is encrypted and inside a ZIP / RAR folder with a very strong password. Try not to loose the USB.
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June 25, 2013, 02:40:23 PM
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Put it on a USB that is encrypted and inside a ZIP / RAR folder with a very strong password. Try not to loose the USB.
Or use a paper wallet.

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