Quote from: tictok on June 12, 2011, 01:55:03 PM

Thanks guys...

Okay, so point taken.. will put the wallet in an encrypted volume (probably in an encytped DMG as I'm on a mac). Might use GPG, I used to use PGP, GPG, years ago, but its been a while and I got out of the habbit.

Is dropbox really that insecure though? Is it *really* "the most stupid thing you could do" as bcearl says? (believe me I can think of a few more stupid things than that!)
It's not like I'm putting the file in a public or shared folder? I have to be logged into my account to access it.
I use dropbox for a few work related things - bcearl, can you expand upon why its so evil and what the know insecurities are?
Going by your post it appears I should drop all dropbox usage immediately.

I also figure that if they close my account the files will still be in the dropbox folder on my main desktop mac.

And back to my original question. What would happen if I accidentally accessed the wallet from different bitcoin client applications on different computers?? That's my main concern at the moment...

Oh, I wish I had anywhere near 5000BTC!!!! try removing a few (all) of the zeros form that Wink

Just google 'dropbox outage' and check out the news from this past weekend.

Some headlines:
"Dropbox Takes Blame For Cloud Outage"
"Dropbox problems linger after Friday outage"
"Dropbox explains outage, denies breach"
"Dropbox Outage Still Continues for Some"

Imagine yourself trying to sync your wallet or make a transfer while this is going on.

You do not want to take that risk with your hard earned coin.