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How are they cold storage paper wallets? They certainly aren't paper. They also aren't cold, being on a networked computer. I don't like victim-blaming, espe
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi 11y ago
How are they cold storage paper wallets?
They certainly aren't paper. They also aren't cold, being on a networked computer.
I don't like victim-blaming, especially because this is really a usability issue for crypto, but I have never heard anyone say that a pw protected .rar file is appropriate security. If you're going to make a significant investment into crypto, I just don't understand how you can ignore all the security advice.
- brianwawok 11y agoWhich is one reason I could never see my parents using a cryptocurrency. So many things can go wrong.
- bbcbasic 11y agoIt's the reason I don't (seriously) use it. I have 3 bitcoins or so floating about somewhere.
- _RPM 11y agoThe fact that he uses RAR, a non open format makes it even worse.
- mtmail 11y agoI don't think we need to suspect the RAR encryption is broken. By default, at least on Linux, even if an archive is encrypted a 'rar l <file>' will show a file list though. So if the files had relevant filenames like mybitcoins.txt then it made searching the harddrive for money easier. At least I suspect crackers look for files called creditcards.txt, passwords.txt etc. If the crackers knows the archive contains coins, then bruteforcing is worth it.