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> Accounts with banks and brokerage firms and the like are not as vulnerable to these attacks because these institutions can usually reverse unintended or malic
by whipoodle 9y ago
> Accounts with banks and brokerage firms and the like are not as vulnerable to these attacks because these institutions can usually reverse unintended or malicious transactions if they are caught within a few days.
Ah, I see.
- tetromino_ 9y agoCan but (in case of some banks) won't. As I have learned from a friend who was a victim of debit card skimming and theft - with TD bank failing to block obviously out-of-character fraudulent transactions and refusing to revert the fraudulent charges, and then charging fees for fraudulent overdraft to add insult to injury.
- whipoodle 9y agoWell shit, might as well put everything in a bitcoin wallet then.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoOn a USB stick. ($70) In a hand gun safe ($110), buried under a tree in the backyard ($Priceless).