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February 10, 2015, 09:40:46 AM |
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Given how many topics appear in the forum about people getting robbed, I wanted to throw a POLL to get some stats here. Thanks for participating.
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pawel7777
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February 10, 2015, 12:04:57 PM |
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What about Android?
Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
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pawel7777
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February 10, 2015, 01:57:20 PM |
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What about Android?
Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
It says mobile OS, ... He must have updated the poll, there was no such option when I posted.
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February 10, 2015, 02:14:06 PM |
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The poll doesn't allow me to mark multiple answers. I use Windows, Mac, and Linux. Which option should I choose in that case?
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February 10, 2015, 02:19:47 PM |
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Lost money to Gox, Blackarrow and a was scammed once although I got the btc back. Someone on a hacked bitcointalk account scammed me, once the true owner got control of his account he repayed me. Never had any btc stolen from a wallet though. I did once send 6btc to the wrong address. Doh!
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February 10, 2015, 03:24:45 PM |
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What about Android?
Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
after I use Windows, I have been robbed and now I switched to Android, whether the risk will be higher?
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February 10, 2015, 03:42:59 PM |
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Never been robbed using, Win8.
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Madness
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February 10, 2015, 03:48:11 PM |
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Given how many topics appear in the forum about people getting robbed, I wanted to throw a POLL to get some stats here. Thanks for participating.
For me Personally I use Windows 8.1 and my Bitcoin has been safe always , even if Linux is safer tho A lot of people didn't got robbed by a direct why with Malwares and rats but from exchangers like Mtgox , or with fake Cloud mining companies etc ... People should simply know what they are downloading and use their brain little bit and they should be fine . ~ Madness
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February 10, 2015, 03:53:25 PM |
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I use Linux and Windows, and online wallets.
So far no problem at all related to lost BTC or any other kind of hacking
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R2D221
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February 10, 2015, 08:55:55 PM |
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What about Android?
Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
It says mobile OS, and I think this is more to deal with Keyloggers and software that can steal information. I would assume windows to be the highest since it is the most popular OS and linux probably the safest. Most of these problems can all be solved by hardware wallets as well. I'm sure Android is capable of running a keylogger. About iOS and Windows Phone, I'm not so sure.
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An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.
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February 10, 2015, 08:59:32 PM |
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Given how many topics appear in the forum about people getting robbed, I wanted to throw a POLL to get some stats here. Thanks for participating.
Good poll question/answers. I hope you get many poll responses, I'm very interested in its final results.
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I support a decentralized & unregulatable ledger first, with safe scaling over time. Request a signed message if you are associating with anyone claiming to be me.
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February 10, 2015, 08:59:49 PM |
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Linux, never got bitcoin stolen from me.
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February 10, 2015, 09:14:36 PM |
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Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
This. I'd imagine most people who were "robbed" had bitcoins stolen from dishonest exchanges or online wallets. And I'd imagine the next most common source of thievery was people who downloaded malware designed to sst or perhaps because they down, used weak brainwallets, or other forms of human error. None of which I'd really blame on the OS.
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February 10, 2015, 09:23:53 PM |
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I don't keep anything but experimental value on any networked device except for temporary transfer operations. When I do such operations I use a 'linux-like' (for you young sprouts) OS every part of which I've compiled from source. Every part except the low level firmware and BIOS that is, and that could be important in some scenarios as we march forward.
I've only ever been robbed of fiat in Bitcoin-land. Mt. Gox never sent me a wire I requested in Aug 2013. Tradehill and Instawallet returned the values I had entrusted with them when they folded. Naturally these values (and the Mt. Gox wire) were low enough that I could walk away from it with a chuckle if need be and never constituted any significant fraction of my 'nest egg'.
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sig spam anywhere and self-moderated threads on the pol&soc board are for losers.
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February 10, 2015, 10:33:37 PM |
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Besides windows, I've got an online wallet which I use from time to time. There might be more naive people on windows, and it might be easier to infect malware on a windows platform, though I'm not sure there's a big difference.
From my experience, the average BTC user is quite computer savvy.
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I used to be a citizen and a taxpayer. Those days are long gone.
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February 10, 2015, 10:54:41 PM |
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I've used windows since 1998 or so. I had one virus type thing in '99 and nothing has happened since. Everything is 2FA and I scan it often.
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February 10, 2015, 11:27:59 PM |
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It is not about the OS, it is what you do on the OS apart from bitcoin. No one can help you if you like to mindlessly download and install freeware and shareware.
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knocte (OP)
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February 10, 2015, 11:28:35 PM |
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Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
It's easy to deduce, from the possible answers of the poll, that we're talking about non-online "wallets" here. If you had been robbed in Mtgox, that has nothing to do with this poll.
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knocte (OP)
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February 10, 2015, 11:30:10 PM |
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It is not about the OS, it is what you do on the OS apart from bitcoin. No one can help you if you like to mindlessly download and install freeware and shareware.
That's kinda true. However, at the end of the day, for example if you use Linux you tend to install more opensource software than freeware/shareware, just because the former is easier to discover and download than the latter.
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February 11, 2015, 12:23:20 AM |
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interesting Poll results wouldn't you say? it'd be great to get some more numbers so that they're more meaningful... so far windows is on top in terms of chance of having BTC stolen...
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