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Crypto flaws in Blockchain Android app sent Bitcoins to the wrong address
- detaro 11y agoIt gets its random data in cleartext from random.org... and either no-one noticed and published that detail, or no-one cared?
- ryanlol 11y agoThat detail wouldn't have happened if android manufacturers had their shit together. Faulting blockchain for not properly handling such ridiculous OS behaviour is pointless.
- scintill76 11y agoIf I'm understanding correctly, "wrong address" really means "one whose private key is basically public, due to bad coding of the app." https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/37nlg1/i_was_the_guy_who_lost_6_btc_using_blockchaininfo/crokzk8 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/37nlg1/i_was_the_g... > the owner of the lucky 1Bn9ReEocMG1WEW1qYjuDrdFzEFFDCq43F address There is not a meaningful "owner" of this address, because per above, lots of people could think they're the owner. They're actually very unfortunate, unless they've managed to profit off others sending money to it. There's some good discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/37oxow/the_security_issue_of_blockchaininfos_android/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/37oxow/the_securit...