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Re:Postbank to replace 12M bank cards after employees steal ... by doc_gunthrop on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:00PM (#23556687)
Sometimes it is: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage
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Re:Postbank to replace 12M bank cards after employees steal ... by heavenlyblue on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:53PM (#23557229)
You could just save it on a flash drive and hide it in safe. How does printing it on a piece of paper make it any safer?
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Re:Postbank to replace 12M bank cards after employees steal ... by lmm on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:56PM (#23557256)
With paper you can be confident that you will still be able to read it in decades. How true is that of a flash drive?
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Re:Postbank to replace 12M bank cards after employees steal ... by doc_gunthrop on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:59PM (#23557275)
Did you even bother viewing the linked page?

> The advantage is that any security issues of USB interfaces or cameras are completely avoided.

There's also the section that enumerates all the downsides for each medium of storage: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage#Private_key_backup_s...

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