Smartphones aren't spywares attack proof

[Maxstl007]

I personally don't like using laptops or desktops to store my coins or tokens because I know how fast PC can get compromised compare to using mobile wallet but are mobile wallet 100% proof to attacks? Nope, today i will like to share few ways that your smartphones can easily get compromised and lost your recovery seed in the process

1. Root Access

Yes I know many like tweaking their smartphones, installing new ROMs on your phone to change the looks and have better butter smooth OS but what you don't know is that there bad apps out there that can take control of your phone through root access that you have installed, root access gives access to some spyware apps that will stay hidden in your OS.

2. Unofficial Keyboard Apps

Are you the type that loves fancy keyboards? Well this is for you, there are few keyboard applications on playstore that keeps every single words you type through these keyboards and store into cloud for the keyboard app developer, that moment that you are busy typing in your recovery seed these keyboards are busing storing into cloud.

Be wise, till date some people don't know how their recover seed get compromised, all they see is someone sent out some Bitcoin from their wallets and they start crying of loss, be very careful with your smartphones and whatever apps you got running on them.

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[r32godzilla]

That is very important to realize that root phones are not to be trusted, you never know who has access to your phone, but also there are some apps that require to be launched in the background and these apps also can watch your activities.

[Squezzi55]

That is very important to realize that root phones are not to be trusted, you never know who has access to your phone, but also there are some apps that require to be launched in the background and these apps also can watch your activities.

OP has a better point here, with root access those apps will work undetectable, not just in the background, they will be able to monitor everything you have in your phone, contact, videos, bank details etc, I hope people will listen to this very important advice

[jossiel]

Good information for those people that don't want to trust desktop wallets for their safe keeping. Honestly, it's more convenient to use desktop wallets be it multi-coins or single crypto wallet. The two things that op has mentioned are true, they can easily be used by hackers to steal your wallet details or at least put a copy-paste malware.

A desktop or laptop that you don't use can be your cold storage, installing the appropriate wallet and have it there not connected to the internet. Your worries will be gone in that process.

[Gorosden]

The only way to stay clean using PC to store your coins is never to use that PC for browsing and downloading stuff online, this is the easiest way to get your PC infected, it's always through connecting online to browse the web

[acepro]

for unofficial keyboard I just know this can be used as spywares but fortunately I am a person who does not care about keyboard on my smartphone and always uses the default keyboard from Android, btw good information.

[Mister.Satan]

Huh, this is the first time I see someone said that wallet client on PC is less secure than a mobile wallet on the phone. Are you sure you get it right and understand the mobile wallet and the ecosystem of a smartphone, which typical between ios and android os? I know that smartphones need your permission for each app, su and root but just one click to allow data storage access could lead to a string bad things. And you know, PC is not just windows but linux/unix based distro too and they could be very secure if you want.

[New_order]

Default keyboards are way better that fancy keyboards on playstore but I've seen many people that prefers those fancy keyboards instead, they aren't safe at all, some months ago i noticed an hidden app in my phone and I was unable to uninstall this app, the uninstall button is not available, after many tries I was forced to format my phone back to factory reset

[South Park]

I personally don't like using laptops or desktops to store my coins or tokens because I know how fast PC can get compromised compare to using mobile wallet but are mobile wallet 100% proof to attacks?

Hackers with enough time will for the most part always find a way to get into a system, I do not know why you seem to have a dislike for PC wallets and yet somehow think that mobile wallets are better, the easiest ways to get your coins compromised are the same on both devices, installing dubious software and by losing your information by phishing, anyone holding a considerable amount of coins should either use a hardware wallet or a paper wallet since they bring a level of protection far above what you can find in software wallets regardless of the device such wallet is installed.

[tycsols]

I have found smartphones and their operating systems more secure atleast when compared to the traditional desktop computers those had trouble often due to viruses, malware and spyware but smartphones are relatively safe. The only problem with smartphones is that there are many fake apps in their store and many that are spammy and full of ads that cause terrible user experience and some fake apps can steal your private data which can be very dangerous so we have to be very careful with what app we install and use.

[btcdie]

Root access and install applications, this often happens our smartphone is inserted with malware / spyware that can access the smartphone, even record all activities. actually this is an easy case if you want your smartphone to be safe from viruses and your crypto assets are safe, that is, use the IOS operating system and install a trusted wallet, back up seed / privkey elsewhere, don't connect to the internet unless you will access the crypto wallet.

Actually I prefer to save crypto assets on a PC / laptop, with several procedures so that our PC is safe from virus attacks. My suggestion is to use Linux / IOS OS.

[pixie85]

For me smartphones are one of the worst things you can use to store your crypto.

If you think otherwise, I have one question for you. If anything breaks in your phione will you be able to fix it by yourself or will you leave it at a shop for repairs? If you have the knowledge be my guest but the moment you'll give it away the risk of you losing everything goes up exponentially.

I know how to fix my computer but can't repair any phone damage so for me the choice is obvious.

[LbtalkL]

Yeah, Unofficial keyboards are not really safe and good to use, just use the default one. Even Grammarly keyboard on android I am not comfortable using it. It feels like your keystroke and every word you type are being analyze and recorded. About rooted phones, if you really want to explore things and want to install an app that requires root access, buy a new and separate phone for it and that solves the problem.

[HunterUnchained]

You are very correct. Due to the massive increase in the amount of people using smartphones, hackers have modified their tools and bugs to target users of smartphones since it offers them more opportunities. Recently, there have been multiple cases of spywares and malware implantations on mobile devices through apps, web pages and even third party access. One has to be extremely careful as to how they use their mobile devices.

[disconnectme]

Mobile phones are more susceptible to spywares attack than PC. people need to understand that for them to be truly successful in this space they need to learn how best to secure their wallet most and the best we have so far is the hard wallet why not just get one

[semobo]

When you are connected to internet you have to be very careful no matter what device we are using,IOS,Android or windows or any other operating system because even reputed softares in the pasts were found that they are tracking user's privacy information.Best solution is hardware wallet.

[Sourhearrt]

Rooting Android phones can be fun, you can easily change the speed of your phone and make it more snappier, you can change the whole look but in terms of using crypto wallet on a rooted phones is not safe

[Metall303]

When you are connected to internet you have to be very careful no matter what device we are using,IOS,Android or windows or any other operating system because even reputed softares in the pasts were found that they are tracking user's privacy information.Best solution is hardware wallet.

Now even a hardware wallet does not give any guarantees because there are some cases of hacking start to appear or some kind of inside replacement of address. I think in order to safely store cryptocurrency, you can use some kind of smartphone that will never connect to the Internet. it will be harder to hack it.

[Ucy]

In my opinion, it's better to have a seperate phone specifically for storing such values. You just make sure the phone is very secured in different ways, have few apps (secured/trusted ones specifically), I'd uninstal/disable lots of apps I don't trust, and use the phone for accessing just the values(no browsing, chatting, etc). This is a fair and inexpensive way to keep things safe for storing values, I think.
Smart phones aren't that expensive these days.

[joseyphil82]

Rooting your phone is like jailbreaking it's factory security settings, your phone won't do better when it comes to security and it will be more vunerable to attacks, all those attractive unofficial ROM for your crypto safety? I bet it's not worth it.