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Why would you go through the rigamorole of encrypting something if it can be undone with a text message? If you want to store Bitcoin, use (in order of prefere
by wyager 10y ago
Why would you go through the rigamorole of encrypting something if it can be undone with a text message?
If you want to store Bitcoin, use (in order of preference) a reasonably secure computer (not an obviously poorly secured windows machine), a secure cell phone (not a $50 backdoored Chinese android phone), or a hardware wallet. Don't use cloud services, web wallets, or anything else that very obviously sucks from a security perspective.
I would be more than willing to trust, say, $50,000 in Bitcoin to an iPhone with a good passcode, running an SPV wallet. Above that and you probably ought to put in the modest investment for a hardware solution.