How safe is saving screenshots of useful information and BTC transactions?

[Cryptomultiplier]

I have a friend who likes taking screenshot so much that he would take a screenshot of even payment transactions from banking apps and large or small bet winnings. I don't know if he loved to brag with it, but he won lots of arguments with real traders and sellers who accept transfers and claim to have not received it.

Sometime last week, we were having a chat and he mentioned how he wants to buy BTC and become a trader and HoDLer as he makes profit along the way. He said he had been learning on his own by watching YouTube videos and from his colleagues in the office.
I just knew then that he had already done so, and upon further chat, he already did because he wouldn't really tell me what he's up to until he has done it, that's how I have known him for long. He is still oblivious of my membership here, although I would tell him somewhere on his trading journey.

I am concerned now however about his screenshot taking habit, because it would be more problems for him if his phone falls into wrong hands and they see screenshots of Bitcoin transactions mostly.
He may have provided the information or data needed by the wrong hands or It can be assumed that he has so much and who knows what ills can come from thoughts like that.

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

[alastantiger]

As far as I know if your friend takes pictures of Bitcoin logo, Bitcoin's price and other non personal details that cannot be used by anyone to steal his assets, then that's fine. But if your friend takes screenshots of sensitive information such as private keys, recovery phrases, or any account credentials. Then the joke will be on him. These can be targeted by hackers if leaked or shared inadvertently or if an authorized person gets access to his phone.

Well the better educated you are on bitcoin and the crypto space the less silly things you'd do. Privacy and security consciousness always.

[Mia Chloe]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

It actually depends on the level of privacy you are trying to achieve. if you really want to be private and not draw too much attention, especially if you have large amounts of coins in your wallet, you should avoid sharing your transaction IDs and even your wallet address especially if it's your hodling wallet weather through screen shot or not you can easily copy the transaction id paste it on a block explorer and track transactions with that wallet on the block chain.

No as if they can actually access your coins directly from knowing your transaction id or wallet address but it gives the attacker some info on how much coins you have on that wallet. It's because of this that most people use mixers to kill traces to their hodling wallet.
As for warning your friend, I suggest you just educate him on these dangers and probably he may change.

[Reatim]

I wouldn’t consider it too safe to be honest. Especially if your phone isn’t as secure.
Anyone can take your phone, open it and see your gallery. Anyone can also
hack into our system and see the many transcripts or receipts saved as screenshots.

Tell your friend that it’s not about bad days but instead just a precaution if
ever is something to happen. It’s okay to be on the safer side.

[btc78]

If he’s not going to be interacting and making transactions with other people, I don’t really see the purpose of keeping screenshots of bitcoin. I mean all of that is available for the public anyway. Even if he wants to keep screenshots of transactions, I don’t think it would be much of a problem. However, keeping screenshots of your seed phrases would be a huge no. Other than that, I think it’s really up to him if he wants to be discreet or no.

[BIT-BENDER]

I have a friend who likes taking screenshot so much that he would take a screenshot of even payment transactions from banking apps and large or small bet winnings. I don't know if he loved to brag with it, but he won lots of arguments with real traders and sellers who accept transfers and claim to have not received it.

That is completely and unnecessary decision, why would you save screenshot of transactions you sent to traders or seller just to win an agreement when every bank application has a transaction history, you can either send the transaction to them but saving the screenshot on your phone is totally unnecessary.

He may have provided the information or data needed by the wrong hands or It can be assumed that he has so much and who knows what ills can come from thoughts like that.

If he takes the screenshot of his Bitcoin transactions alone there are no information there that would lead to him losing his wallet, his seed phase or even password aren't available there, but the problem is that he can be targeted by criminals who can see how much is transactions are worth. Infact saving screenshot of financial transactions can leave you vulnerable to criminals who can weigh how much is running in your financial safe.

[Apocollapse]

When we're installing a new apps, there must be a pop up that the apps will access this and that, which make us need to accept it, otherwise we can't use the apps. The data they collects are many, one of them are photos and videos. If your friend like to screenshot anything including the sensitive information, I won't be surprised if someday he might lost his coins especially your friends screenshot his wallet seed phrase.


https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.binance.dev

[avp2306]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

I think there's nothing to worry about those screenshot since other people cannot do anything with those things. The transaction has been done and this is just a screenshot so nothing bad will happen to your friend for saving screenshot of transaction in his phone. What can cause harm if he lose his phone and they store all their bitcoins on the wallet app installed. For sure this might be the reason to lose their balance.

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

Try to rise up your concern since for sure he/she understand about your point. They don't need to save those screenshot since anytime he or she can get it via history of each transaction he made.

[Frankolala]

Sometimes, we expose our private information to the public unknown to us, and it can be used against us, when we become the target. Imagine this observation about your friend screen shot of his transactions. His friend that is envious of him can steal his phone or send someone to steal his phone, and whatever information they need, they can easily get it from his phone.

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

It is not a safe practice. I will say 1% safe. I hope that he does not screen shot his seed phrase.

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

If he does not listen to you, there is nothing you can do about it. Maybe since he is into bitcoin, you can introduce him to the forum, where he will know that such practice can make him lose his coins to hackers and thieves. Some of us were not taking privacy serious, until we became members on this forum. Maybe he does not understand the level of privacy that he needs as someone who is into bitcoin.

[Kelward]

I don't think that screenshots are meant to be kept permanently, if the purpose of making it is achieved then I don't think that there's any need to continue keeping it, it's better to delete it, including other unnecessary images and videos that you're phone has stored. I think that it's ok if you warn your friend against keeping screenshots of transactions and information that are not useful anymore because scammers and hackers are getting more sophisticated everyday. You might lose your phone and you never know your information that might seem irrelevant to you but it might be a clue to criminals who'll want to steal from you.

[dzungmobile]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device? I sense bad days coming?

You never should store your back up on one device because it can be broken technically and you will lose all your backups.

Another risk is that device can be compromised and your backup information can be accessed by hackers.

Store your sensitive information, backup offline and if digitally you must store them on an air gapped device.

For example.

How to Back Up a Seed Phrase

[Cryptomultiplier]

When we're installing a new apps, there must be a pop up that the apps will access this and that, which make us need to accept it, otherwise we can't use the apps. The data they collects are many, one of them are photos and videos. If your friend like to screenshot anything including the sensitive information, I won't be surprised if someday he might lost his coins especially your friends screenshot his wallet seed phrase.


https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.binance.dev

That's why am scared for him, because he may even think he has successfully deleted them and change his device, only for him to log into his cloud and find all those screenshots recovered automatically. If he had forgotten about such important information and hands his device to anyone close or someone who normally has access to his device, it could pose a threat to the success of his trading journey.
Still he may point me to the fact that saving screenshots is the only way he can quickly resolve his disputes and save time.

[bitzizzix]

And what you need to know is whether your friend has mastered cellphone technology, because most people who have personal cellphones will master it well so that what they do can be completed well without anything bad happening if their cellphone is lost.
But there's no harm in giving advice or reminding him for his good, and if he doesn't care just ignore it because it's his cellphone and also his coins. And if something happens that harms your friend, it's none of your business because you advised him first and in my opinion it's very simple and why should you care about people who don't want to listen. And if something negative happens, it will be a lesson for your friend, and he will remember your advice even if it is too late. And it seems like your friend looks arrogant.

[Zaguru12]

If he’s not going to be interacting and making transactions with other people, I don’t really see the purpose of keeping screenshots of bitcoin. I mean all of that is available for the public anyway. Even if he wants to keep screenshots of transactions, I don’t think it would be much of a problem. However, keeping screenshots of your seed phrases would be a huge no. Other than that, I think it’s really up to him if he wants to be discreet or no.

Yes he might have taken screenshots of transactions sent or received which to me the danger there is that once someone goes through his phone and finds out he will lose his privacy. If it’s a bad person his holdings will be under attack by the scammer as the scammer will try everything to get access to his bitcoin or other cryptocurrency holdings. He might face attacks like phishing attacks and dust attacks or even offline attacks towards his seed phrase and private key and any mistake from his end the scammer might get to them.

As for seed phrase screenshots it is bad in such a way that many wallets do not even allow taking screenshots of them, so that alone is clear warning that it is bad habit

[Beparanf]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

Why do you need screenshots of crypto transactions while you have transactions history available on your wallet and all the transaction history is recorded in the blockchain. Although transaction screenshots doesn’t give any harm but doing it defeats the purpose of blockchain record which is more reliable than a screenshot that can be edited.

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

There’s no danger on doing it because it’s a just transaction record which is available publicly on blockchain. Just ignore him if he wants to have that kind of proof of transactions. There’s an exception with this if he is saving his seed phrase on screenshot.

[kryptqnick]

I know some people who make tons of screenshots, including screenshots of financial operations. To be honest, I don't get it, because both with Bitcoin and with online banking you can usually prove that you've made a transaction if you need to prove it at some point. So there's no need for taking a screenshot in advance.
I believe that it's important, in this case, to store screenshots safely (for example, on a device that always stays home or under a special password if possible). Simply having them on the phone can be somewhat unsafe, although if there's no info with passwords there, I don't think much can be done with that info if the phone is stolen.

[Lucius]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

The transactions themselves can only have an impact on compromising privacy if they fall into the wrong hands - but this is something that can be easily prevented if encryption of all data is used on the device, in this case a smartphone. In addition, every transaction can be seen online at any time, so if you want to brag to someone, you don't necessarily need to save a screenshot - you can always make it, send it to someone and then delete it.

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

You can simply warn him that it is a bad practice that has some risks, and beyond that, nothing else makes sense. If something bad happens, you did your part because you warned him, and if nothing bad happens, everyone is happy and satisfied.

[Upgrade00]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

• You can save txids if you want to keep record of transactions, you don't need screenshots of the transaction.
No other sensitive or useful crypo information should be stored electronically. You should have a written back up.

• Inform you friend that security consciousness is of the utmost importance when you're your own bank with Bitcoin. This does not mean you're expecting bad days, but you're keeping your assets safe.

[m2017]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

Each of us carries a phone with us, but at any moment this device can be lost or stolen. Therefore, as a matter of prudence, you should not store any information on your phone that could be used against you. Even locking your phone with a password or fingerprint sensor may not be a panacea (If wish and have the skills, can access the phone memory).

I see the following danger when the phone falls into the wrong hands if there are "screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information".  Based on transactions, it is easy to identify the contents of wallets, and the phone with a specific person, contacts and lifestyle. By comparing all this, can easily find a specific person if the wallet balance is tempting. Therefore, it is safer not to store this kind of information on your phone. What prevents your friend from saving all this on his PC if it is very important to him (For example, with an encrypted OS like Linux)?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

Tell him the 2nd paragraph from my post.

[WatChe]

* My question is, how safe is it to keep screenshots of Bitcoin/crypto transactions and useful information, on ones device?

* How do I go about letting my friend know about such a habit of taking and keeping screenshots on his device that I have observed and warn him about it, without looking like I sense bad days coming?

There is no harm in taking screenshots of transactions as long as that info is not exposed to second person. It's best practise to hide how much you have invested in Bitcoin. These screenshots can help someone in reconnaissance phase to find out a potential target. Lesser is your digital crypto footprint, better it is.
Just make sure that your wallet seed or information used to access wallets is not stored digitally otherwise you can lose custody of your coins.