Quote from: BrewMaster on April 15, 2018, 05:44:45 PM

i certainly prefer hard copies over digital ones. it is so much safer to have it written on a paper or even better etched on a metal or even wood rather than digitally which can be stolen or damaged.

Oh yes, thanks for reminding me about etching. I was actually interested on trying out pyrography using just a cheap lens, the seed might probably be the first one I'll burn into these plywood I have.

Quote from: BrewMaster on April 15, 2018, 05:44:45 PM

this is a valid concern but also someone has to be looking for it in that temp memory to find it.
imagine you see this written on a wall in the street:

Code:

0C28FCA386C7A227600B2FE50B7CAE11EC86D3BF1FBE471BE89827E19D72AA1D

it looks like random data and you may just pass it but in fact it is a private key and it may contain 1000 bitcoin!

Code:

5HueCGU8rMjxEXxiPuD5BDku4MkFqeZyd4dZ1jvhTVqvbTLvyTJ

so your malware, thief or whatever has to know you printed a private key, look for it in your printer's memory, dump that memory and find the private key and steal your coins.

I suppose the malware can simply track whether you have wallet software installed and only then it would check the printer memory? I was reading an article yesterday. Apparently even the pass phrase is not save anymore since they can just take a screenshot of the screen.