Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by tedunangst on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:40PM
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Why not blame Trezor for allowing a fake app to steal money from his hardware wallet? Did he buy the wallet thinking it would make scams impossible?
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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by rawtxapp on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:41PM
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Because Trezor doesn't control the iOS app store?
Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by tedunangst on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:43PM
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What purpose does a hardware wallet serve? What security does it offer?
Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by oarsinsync on Sunday June 06, 2021 @04:55PM
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It provides an electronic and secure mechanism to store your private keys and sign transactions, while retaining confidence that your private keys will not be compromised while using the device. Think of it like a YubiKey. It’s not all that different.
It also enables you to export those private keys so that you can keep a backup in the event of a hardware failure, because all hardware eventually fails.
It doesn’t lock you into their platform / ecosystem exclusively. It doesn’t prevent you from using that backup elsewhere.
Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by coding123 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:15PM
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This is called blaming the victim. It takes a lot for someone that got scammed to come forward publicly with their story. And it helps others not get scammed too.
Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
by tedunangst on Sunday June 06, 2021 @03:32PM
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Trezor advertises itself as the most secure way to store bitcoins, yet he lost all his bitcoins. Not sure how you concluded I'm blaming the victim here.