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I just reinstalled Windows after reading that thread where anon got hacked for his keys.
What should I do to prevent this from happening to me?

>> No.22639876

>>22639842
>Windows
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>> No.22639877

>>22639842
What do you keep your tokens on? Metamask? Ledger?

>> No.22639930
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22639930

If you can afford gambling on shitcoins, then you can afford to get a Trezor or some form of cold storage.

>> No.22639937

>>22639877
Metamask on brave browser. And I have a backup of my private key on google, dropbox and mega.

>> No.22639986
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22639986

>>22639937
Please tell me you're joking

>> No.22640003

>>22639930
How do you buy one without getting chinked by the supplier/vendor? They can just keylog my keys if they wanted right?

>> No.22640011

>>22639937
Based

>> No.22640032

>>22639937
>saving your private key anywhere online
You fucked up. Always write it down or store it on removable media, DON'T skimp out on this. Not being lazy and writing it down is worth it. This is your wealth oj the line. Be smart about it, anon

>> No.22640059

>>22639937
bait

>> No.22640085

unironically retarded
omg hardware wallets!
I had my seedphrase stamped on titanium!! (No way they got my seed!)
I installed windows!!!
Please teach me to security suirs??

Jesus christ install qubes and write phrase on a piece of paper and put it in your safe

>> No.22640087

>>22639937
NO NO NO do not do that

metamask also has a 'Lock' button which signs you out. I'm using this from now on every time I'm done trading.

>> No.22640099

>>22639842
Check out the Windows 10 Feedback directory and all the screenshots it's taken and submitted.

But you probably don't believe me anyhow. Kek

>> No.22640147

The safest option is to store your coins on an exchange with 2fa enabled. I unironically have $165k spread out between Gemini, Bittrex, and Binance.

>> No.22640583

>>22639842
You can avoid 99% of viruses and worms by setting up a guest account on your Windows pc that has zero admin privileges. Then use this account for your day to day Internet usage, trading/cooming etc. But you will ignore this anyway and get pwned

>> No.22640780

>>22640003
By directly from manufacturer and regenerate your keys when it comes

>> No.22640928

>>22639937

Ho lee fuk

Plz be joking lol

>> No.22640992

>>22639937
based. that's my set up also.

>10k link and 3000 uni
>zero fucks given

soi/g/bois will spend literally hundres of dollars on multiple linux based usb sticks lmao

>> No.22640993

That was me, anon.

I never got hacked for my keys, but I did unknowingly become infected with an address clipping trojan.

It's so stealthy man it caught me off guard, but I fucked up, no one to blame but myself.

>> No.22640995

>>22640087
thank you for Lock button suggestion, using from now on

that other thread fucked my mind up, I got dizzy and sick for hours

>> No.22641026

>>22640583
>get pwned
holy fuck simple but awesome advice. Thanks based faggot. Can you help me with my alcoholism too? Asking for a friend.

>> No.22641063

>>22639877
I dont even know any of my own keys how the fuck could a hacker get them ?

>> No.22641104

>>22640993
please elaborate, you do have to click on something right?

>> No.22641301

>>22639842
What should I do to prevent this from happening to me?
Have a small partition with clean a linux distro that you only use for crypto. Optionally, use a raspi instead of your regular computer.

>> No.22641397

>>22639937
BASED
redditors seething at this

>> No.22641426

>>22639937
LOL

>> No.22641522

>>22640003
buy direct from manufacturer, don't buy from amazon or some weird shit

these things have been audited by so many people that if there was a secret keylogger you'd fucking know by now lol

>> No.22641546

>>22641026
Yes just stop drinking

>> No.22641568

>>22639842
use linux

>> No.22641586

>>22641301
tails

>> No.22641593

>>22640085
>I had my seedphrase stamped on titanium!! (No way they got my seed!)

that titanium stamping thing is retarded but I remember you didn't give anyone your seedphrase, they just send you a little frame with a bunch of metal letter blocks that you slide into the frame to spell out your seed phrase

>> No.22641739

>>22641104

I must have clicked something but I can't think of what. I'm no dummy when it comes to this kind of thing, I've spent the last 30 years of my life infront of a computer screen.

It caught me off guard man and now fucking pajeet is laughing in his cereal with my net worth

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> ITT: filthy casuals

>> No.22641836

>>22639842
What happened to the other anon?

>> No.22641862

>>22641026
Smoke weed until you don't have the shakes. Build a tolerance n lower dosage after if you weed makes you feel uncomfortable.

>> No.22641921

>>22640992
literally writing your key on a piece of paper and storing it is all it takes.
imagine losing your whole portfolio because you felt the need to oppose anonymous autists by refusing to write on a piece of paper.

>> No.22641945

>>22640032
What if I compressed the keys in a WinRAR file with a password? I should be safe, right?

>> No.22641963

>>22639842
just use a hardware wallet and/or don't download malware
it's really not hard, you don't have to use a semi-functional desktop operating system to be safe, you just have to not be retarded.

>> No.22642038

Btw what do you guys think of mobile phone wallets? I found some which have quite good autentification which makes sure that even if the phone was stolen they can't transfer the funds.

I know it's not as good as hardware wallet, but is it at least the next best thing?

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>>22640032
>>22639986
>>22640059
>>22640087
just write your private keys bro you'll never losing it unlike storing in the multiple cloud storages bro

>> No.22642119

>>22639937
Now this is based.

>> No.22642129

>>22642108
why multiple though, that increases the risk of a security breach

>> No.22642150

>>22642129
>>22641945

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>>22639937
>unencrypted
nice bait

>> No.22642346

>>22639842
Are all these "hacked" threads and security concerns created by Ledger and Trezor to get people to buy a $120.00+ flash drive that has more security risks than a piece of paper?

>> No.22642348

>>22642108
These cloud storages get cracked all the time.
who is going to hack a fucking piece of paper

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>>22642348
yeah not like a disaster will happen in your home anytime, imagine losing your paper to anything from you just forget where it is to house fire.

>> No.22642527

Just get a damn Trezor (or ledger but trezor is open source). You can literally plug it into a computer full of viruses and torrent porn all you want and your keys will be 100% safe.