Re: 180 Coins Stolen From my wallet 1GpUcrJ1Zo6ZJWgw7HQT7nADijY5a3dcCh
Damn, who trusts everything to their email? 
Pwn my email, can't get my coins or anything, pwn my mining host, can't get anything except a temporary diversion of hash power, pwn my poloniex get some altcoin dust but it won't help you get my email, my wallet or mining host, FFS keep everything isolated. When you set anything up, pretend you are on your worst enemy's computer and using your worst enemy's email.
I'll say again, paranoia is appropriate.
It would have been same effect if he had stored credit card details in his email or sent them by email. Or his online banking credentials. Only difference is, that he hasn't got big brother to make up the loss of his lunch money, though all of them have hidden in their agreements about "taking reasonable care" of your details, so may refuse to cover loss if it transpires you used plaintext email. On the one or two occasions where I found it essential to transmit credentials over unsecured channels, I split them up so portions went over email, skype, ICQ, and SMS.
Pwn my email, can't get my coins or anything, pwn my mining host, can't get anything except a temporary diversion of hash power, pwn my poloniex get some altcoin dust but it won't help you get my email, my wallet or mining host, FFS keep everything isolated. When you set anything up, pretend you are on your worst enemy's computer and using your worst enemy's email.
I'll say again, paranoia is appropriate.
almost 7 fking years later, people still get their money stolen, this bitcoin has one huge flaw, nobody understands how to secure this shit, satoshi is a failure
It would have been same effect if he had stored credit card details in his email or sent them by email. Or his online banking credentials. Only difference is, that he hasn't got big brother to make up the loss of his lunch money, though all of them have hidden in their agreements about "taking reasonable care" of your details, so may refuse to cover loss if it transpires you used plaintext email. On the one or two occasions where I found it essential to transmit credentials over unsecured channels, I split them up so portions went over email, skype, ICQ, and SMS.