Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by victor22 on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:27PM
(#20658698)
Remember, not your keys, not your bitcoin. Stay off coinbase.
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Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by jameslevy on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:30PM
(#20659055)
For the average person, using Coinbase with 2FA is going to be better than managing their own private key. Even if their hot storage was penetrated, which is unlikely, they have insurance and other means of making sure that customer deposits are unaffected.
Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by keypusher on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:43AM
(#20660414)
I know a lot more people that have lost crypto because they lost their keys than people who lost it on Coinbase.
Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by dymk on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:14PM
(#20659294)
Better take all my cash out of the bank then and put it under my mattress.
Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by notathing on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:41PM
(#20658791)
> A criminal gang operating in India kidnapped and tortured cryptocurrency traders in recent weeks before demanding 80 bitcoins as ransom, police say. Three men had been held captive for 15 days inside a high-rise building and were beaten or tortured... Not even their family members were aware of the abduction. The victims had lost all hope because they had no access to anyone
https://www.newsweek.com/cryptocurrency-traders-abducted-tor...
Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by TooCleverByHalf on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:38PM
(#20659095)
Im confused why this is a response to the parent.
Re:Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild
by Izkata on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:14AM
(#20660116)
It's the same argument as this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/538/
Though granted it confuses keys for passwords.