AirGap wallet- Self custody made simple and secure - Protect your crypto offline

[Pearson12]

I think you could have mentioned the giveaway in your last post.

For those who haven't read their last Medium article, they are hosting a giveaway where 20 random people have the chance to win AirGap metal plates for recovery phrases including electronic engraving pens. To participate, you need to create a video or article about AirGap. Check the article for more information.

This is what you can win:



 

I totally forgot this, Thank you.

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[HCP]

Tried to install this to try it out, but when trying to create the entropy for the vault, the camera image freezes and the % stops increasing. So, I can only get to 100% on mic, gyro and touch. As such, I can't actually set up a vault, rendering the entire thing unusable.

Nokia 7 Plus running on Android 10.


Also, does this actually have support for Bitcoin Testnet?

[Pmalek]

Problems with the camera freezing were reported 2 years ago as well. The recommendation back then from one of their team members on githubmemory was to force-close the application and start from scratch.

Here is how to reproduce and solve the issue as reported by the user who experienced the freezing issues:

How to reproduce:

Open AirGap Wallet (after killing the app or restarting phone)
Switch to 'Scanner' tab.
Camera blacked out, and the app freezes (the issue)
Tap Home button, then Overview button and open AirGap Wallet again.
Switch to 'Accounts' tab, and 'Scanner' tab again. Then the scanner works.
(The same happens with AirGap Vault) After the first camera activation, the problem doesn't repeat and the camera works.

Source: https://githubmemory.com/repo/airgap-it/airgap-wallet/issues/12

[HCP]

Yeah, I went looking through their github to see if anyone else had a similar problem... it seems that particular issue is actually related to trying to start the QR Code scanner... not the initial vault setup where it is supposedly using video input as part of the entropy generation.

In other news... after leaving it for a day and a reboot or two of my phone due to another (unrelated) app having some camera issues, it seems like it magically started working Airgap Vault... even though a reboot of the device had already failed to fix the issue previously??!?

So, I finally managed to get the vault setup... however, I don't see a way to use TestNet with this. So, I assume I would need to edit some code and compile my own APK etc

[Pearson12]

after leaving it for a day and a reboot or two of my phone due to another (unrelated) app having some camera issues, it seems like it magically started working Airgap Vault... even though a reboot of the device had already failed to fix the issue previously??!?

I'm not sure what the issue is regarding the camera, maybe it's a temporary issue with your device.

So, I finally managed to get the vault setup... however, I don't see a way to use TestNet with this. So, I assume I would need to edit some code and compile my own APK etc

We don't support bitcoin testnet for now. If you can do that, it will be perfect. Another thing you could do is to open an issue on the AirGap Github page.

[Pearson12]

Problems with the camera freezing were reported 2 years ago as well. The recommendation back then from one of their team members on githubmemory was to force-close the application and start from scratch.

Here is how to reproduce and solve the issue as reported by the user who experienced the freezing issues:

How to reproduce:

Open AirGap Wallet (after killing the app or restarting phone)
Switch to 'Scanner' tab.
Camera blacked out, and the app freezes (the issue)
Tap Home button, then Overview button and open AirGap Wallet again.
Switch to 'Accounts' tab, and 'Scanner' tab again. Then the scanner works.
(The same happens with AirGap Vault) After the first camera activation, the problem doesn't repeat and the camera works.

Source: https://githubmemory.com/repo/airgap-it/airgap-wallet/issues/12

Thank you

[Pearson12]

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[Pmalek]

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I just had a quick glance at your most recent article about keeping your seed safe. Among the recommendations, you mention that one should be careful not to write down their seed in a place that has cameras and microphones. It makes sense paying attention to cameras, but what about microphones? Do you know of an instance where a microphone (more precisely a maliciously configured microphone) was able to capture sensitive data such as recovery phrases, and how exactly? The only thing I can think of is being recorded if you are saying the seed words out loud.

[Pearson12]

just had a quick glance at your most recent article about keeping your seed safe. Among the recommendations, you mention that one should be careful not to write down their seed in a place that has cameras and microphones. It makes sense paying attention to cameras, but what about microphones? Do you know of an instance where a microphone (more precisely a maliciously configured microphone) was able to capture sensitive data such as recovery phrases, and how exactly? The only thing I can think of is being recorded if you are saying the seed words out loud.

Here is what was written

When backing up your mnemonics, be mindful of any equipment in your immediate vicinity that may be recording your actions, such as a microphone...

People back up their seed phrases in different ways. One of which is memorizing them. In this process, people tend to recite these words so they can stick to their memory. Such a case is an instance where one needs to be careful of microphones.