A bit of a side-note, but this needs to be said: articles like these should be a good wake-up call for crypto users that are still using web-based wallets (and

A bit of a side-note, but this needs to be said: articles like these should be a good wake-up call for crypto users that are still using web-based wallets (and their accompanying apps for mobile platforms) especially for storing LARGE amounts of cryptocurrency -- you're essentially trusting a third-party exchange (with many of them using opaque ToS and PP) with your private keys and as a result your funds (especially those platforms that don't use multi-sig architecture). And crypto exchanges' data breaches/hacks is getting more common by the day. [0] Even Bitcoin.org has stopped recommending web-based wallets, like they were doing just a couple of years ago. The best alternative is hardware wallets, but a good middle-ground is using self-managed, 'semi-cold' software wallets like Electrum, Armory, etc. [1][2] [0] https://selfkey.org/list-of-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks/ https://selfkey.org/list-of-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks/ [1] https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/wallets/online/ https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/wallets/online/ [2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1741339.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1741339.0