I appreciate the insight about the topic. What about hardware wallets? Since they are made specifically to store crypto coins, are they still not adviseable to some extent?
Personally, I feel that they aren't suitable to be used on public computers either. They are definitely a lot better than bringing around your wallet file to use it on public computers though.
Hardware wallets are certainly designed to prevent any malware attacks against the wallet itself and the private key is never exposed. However, for certain hardware wallets, your setup has to be done on a secure computer. As long as you don't key in anything sensitive on a public computer, you would be safe. Your privacy would still be compromised however.