Can A Chrome app be a malwware and steal your private keys?

[Zemomtum]

This is an extreme danger. Phishing, malware and if you are the type that want premium service for free on the internet, you might end up installing malware that will gain access to your account without your knowledge. The choice is yours, nothing is better than hardware wallet

[Harriti]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?    

You should be aware that any online platform can access your information. because you use their services for free so what they get back is your information
But if your money is little then don't worry, they won't trade your reputation just to hack a small amount of your money.
When you have a lot of money and want it to be safe, buy a cold wallet like Ledger Nano S or Trezor, it is the most prestigious key storage wallets I have ever used.

[Twentyonepaylots]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?    

There is no need to answer that. You just have to understand that storing private keys online is a HUGE mistake. Avoid depositing to that wallet or immediately withdraw your funds in case you've already done so.

It's not a mistake if you know the internals of storing it online, rather than a mistake it is safe to call it risky since it is connected online the probability of being stolen is huge. It is highly suggested to store anywhere in cold or offline so you're the only person who can access it with to avoid any risk and harm. I store my keys in notepad, store it in folder with specific and special name.

Buy a hardware wallet or use open-source non-custodial desktop or mobile wallets such as electrum. Store your seed phrase and private keys OFFLINE.

Electrum will do as much as a hardware wallet, but if you got the bucks to buy I'll suggest you do have it.

[HonourB]

Most softwares on the internet are very dangerous, as they are designed to specifically disrupt or damage our phones

But I don't think Chrome can be such because it's not designed that way. It's more like an app, use for browing

[Jating]

Lol, you don't wait for malware to read your private email, the service provider themselves can do that, Does Google Read Your Email?.

And it is not really recommended to store your private key in an email, on cloud, on your android phone, self destruct private note apps, note taking apps. because it is always connected on the internet. You don't want to give hackers and criminals any window of opportunity.

[Yatsan]

Everyone must have already know the risks associated on storing your private keys online. Any sensitive or private matters that are noted or stored online is always at a big risk for it is vulnerable or prone into hacks. It is not always recommendable storing your private keys into any email such as gmail or even yahoo or cloud storage for those can still be accessed by intruders or known as hackers. If you do want to store your private keys, better store it offline for it is much safer on that manner compared to storing it online. No one or not anything is 100% safe and secured online for hackers and now even wiser and have their own ways to make impossible things become possible. Private keys is your private matter so better make it secure and safe on any way possible but not online storing.

[BuNga_cute]

There is no guarantee that it is 100% secure for private key storage whether offline or online. Therefore I prefer to store the coins
I have in many places, so if one of my wallets is successfully hacked, I didn't lose all the coins I had. But everyone has a different
way of keeping their coins, there is nothing wrong with saving private keys online or offline. Because every storage has its own risk.
So it is very possible that the chrome app could become malware. So the decision is in your own hands, if you feel more secure and
comfortable using gmail to store private keys just do it.

[diangunz]

it is very risky, better you keep it in a private note or book, it could be your careless list to a phishing site or the like, because gmail is very easy to hack, because it is very important to protect your assets from unwanted things, keep your keys offline

[ZZ8ZZ]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?   

I suggest you to save them either on an external HDD/USB where you keep your sensitive information or completely offline (paper for e.g). There are lots of browser extensions which are unregulated so yes, there's a huge possibility that you can get your PC compromised by having such extension installed.

[Wexnident]

This forum useless no one answer I need.  I ask about random chrome extnetion abilities to read emails.

Simply answering your question, yes, extensions can access your emails as long as a malware coded to do as such is contained in said extension. This is why I want to advise you to avoid installing, or if possible avoid using Chrome at all. Use Firefox if you can, Google Chrome allows extensions filled with malware at times, especially fake ones, so it isn't really a browser you can 100% trust. In fact, not only through extensions, any file you download that may contain malware could access not only your emails but also your entire pc, so do be careful about that.

[pinggoki]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?   

The best thing to do is not to store your private keys in your gmail account or even any email accounts, it would be better if you will buy a ledger or hardware wallet in order for you to store your private keys and funds to your ledger and it would be probably more safe because you just need to take care of your ledger and avoid losing it because it would be hard to recover it again. I am not saying that this is a hundred percent safe but I guess it would be more secured.

[Alucard1]

Anything related to the internet could be hacked, you shouldn't store your private keys on your Gmail account or anything online, there would be a high possibility that your private key could be seen and your crypto wallet would be the next, if I were you, I will use a piece of paper for storing my private keys and keep it in a safe place, try to have two copies of it and put it in different places because there are still some chances that bad things might happen, for instance, your house will get burnt out or a disaster, having a back up will lessen the problem about that.

[chanler]

I store my privates keys in gmail ~

Why do you keep private keys in Gmail?
I think it is not a proper way to keep private keys in Gmail. You risk yourself by doing this. If I were you, I will keep private keys at safer places.  

This forum useless no one answer I need.

Are you blind? There are already some people trying to help you. Why do you not give respect to people who try to help you? Even if their answers are still not to make you satisfied, but they really have tried to help you.

[Chikito]

is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?   

yes

This forum useless no one answer I need.  I ask about random chrome extnetion abilities to read emails.

you don't ask in on OP. Sure, if you don't understand the code of extension you had installed, possible malware inside in.

Therefore I prefer to store the coins
I have in many places, so if one of my wallets is successfully hacked, I didn't lose all the coins I had.

You don't need many wallets for storing it all if Using Shamir's Secret Sharing method for your seed.

[concept2]

Absolutely yes. There is always a chance that chrome will steal your private key. Nothing guarantee that they will not do that. And no one has the power to stop this big guy from stealing your private information. Therefore, dont store valuable asset on the internet. You think you can sue Google for stealing anything from you? Do you even have a proof of that action? Be your own boss of your money.

Why dont you buy a hardware wallet which can help you to resolve this problem? There have been a huge development in this industry. Thus, you can easily find a cheap wallet for yourself. I currently store my private key in my pc but Im still scared of hacker. Maybe you dont know but they might watching you from the back of their computer without letting you see their footprint.

[akirasendo17]

The number one rule for me is to store your private keys where you have sole access, means you have to store it locally, Gmail account can be hacked
or what if you forget your password and the alternate email address email is gone, your keys are lost forever, it's not that we don't trust Google, but what if those happen, best is store it locally the safest for me

[plast555]

This is never been talkable because this already happen many times and still can happen because malware is very dangrous for any computer and this can create many issue so stealing your private keys is very easy with this all and its already happen many times with many different peoples because they fail to check this before instalation and lost some good amount of funds so never try this if you never want to lost your funds very quickly and easily if someone want to download app or any software first try to check its security and availability and try to have recomended because now scammers using many ugly methods for stealing funds from peoples.

[seoincorporation]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?   

For sure you must be careful about the chrome extensions you install, i have reported in the past some extension that has malware and it stole your bitcoins,

And is a terrible idea to store your private keys in Gmail, if you do that is a matter of time to lose your coins. If you want to do a bad practice like that at least save the Privatekeys in a text file and then put that in a zip with password. This will not make you totally secure, but at least is better than just send the PK's as a mail.

[traderethereum]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?   

It will help us if you can explain more details about your question so that we can find the solution.
Basically, if you don't install any plugin or add-on in your chrome browser, you are safe from the malware because google will not add something suspicious in their chrome browser.
So when you open your Gmail using the chrome browser, you don't have to worry about malware or any suspicious add-on.
But if you have unknown software installed on your computer or mobile phone, you need to be careful because you don't know if that software contains malware or virus or something like that.
Each app or software on the computer or inside the mobile phone will be related to the OS for a computer or mobile phone, and we can not say that we are safe before we check what is inside our devices.
But to store your private keys in Gmail will be a mistake because we never know if we will always be safe or not.

[Akiko]

I store my privates keys in gmail is this possible that I installed a malware (chrome app) that can read it?    

I remember I have a friend  hacked his main email and stored his private keys there and all of the balance is stolen by the hackers , not secure way though.

Its not recommended to use email for storing important document such as private keys . But it's up to you to decide it's depend how will you secured your email for any other attempt that hackers will do.  But I suggest if you have other alternative to stored keys it's better to use that than having a copy in your email.