Quote from: Welsh on February 17, 2023, 04:52:02 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on February 16, 2023, 04:13:07 PM

My concern is that "cybersecurity" is far too broad for Bitcointalk, there must be better places to find this information. "Privacy", however, is (in my opinion) severely underrated.

If it's within the main Bitcoin sections, then it shouldn't be a problem. Since, the section it's in, takes precedence. Although, I'd agree, cybersecurity is actually limiting the threads that could pop up. Security & Privacy is just much better, since there's also physical security, and we'll forever be plagued with privacy issues. For example, there's a thread out there investigating companies for selling data, and this sort of thing will always be a threat. There could be companies looking to sell a product, but ultimately catering their business to collect data on Bitcoin users.

So, there's a ton of possibilities if you name it "Security & Privacy" or something along those lines, but ultimately it's in the main Bitcoin section. Therefore, should be limited to Bitcoin related topics. Physical protection of backups, installing software related to Bitcoin, and splitting your wallet up into multiple virtual machines or physical devices all come to mind.

I suppose physical protection of backups or software relating to Bitcoin could go in the wallets section. Security offline is a bit more about common sense, and would open up discussion to things that might not be entirely relevant. All of a sudden you will have a board with too-broad of a topic range. If it's limited to cybersecurity and privacy, at least these fit in the realms of "digital"/"cyber". Talking about using devices i.e anything that involves "cyber"/"digital" devices to store backups and protecting these, that's fine, as at least there's a digital element involved, or in other words there is a technical level that can be taught. Protecting a paper wallet from physical intrusion on the other hand, that can go in the wallet section (as it already does). That's my 2 cents anyway.

Quote from: Bigpiggy01 on February 17, 2023, 02:25:59 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on February 16, 2023, 04:13:07 PM

Quote from: BenCodie on February 15, 2023, 02:44:15 PM

LoyceV I suppose not being against it is not necessarily supporting it either, so I just left that quote in the section it was.

My concern is that "cybersecurity" is far too broad for Bitcointalk, there must be better places to find this information. "Privacy", however, is (in my opinion) severely underrated.

There is no doubt it's well on the broad side but if it's kept to bitcoin/altcoin relevant points I don't see any harm in it. Also very frequently privacy and security go hand in hand, as for most users security without privacy/obscurity isn't attainable.
Looking at the more positive side of things, there are a lot of people on here who are happy to share and have some very teachable moments.

Since it would be in the Other category, we shouldn't limit posts about security/privacy just to Bitcoin/altcoins. Both are vital aspects of being safe online, being safe online should be the ultimate goal rather than topics strictly related to keeping your coins safe. The symptom of being safe online means that your coins should be safe too.

Quote from: n0nce on February 16, 2023, 09:52:53 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on February 16, 2023, 04:13:07 PM

Quote from: BenCodie on February 15, 2023, 02:44:15 PM

LoyceV I suppose not being against it is not necessarily supporting it either, so I just left that quote in the section it was.

My concern is that "cybersecurity" is far too broad for Bitcointalk, there must be better places to find this information. "Privacy", however, is (in my opinion) severely underrated.

I'd like to post ideas / thoughts and discussion about security-related topics relating to Bitcoin wallets (hardware & software) and nodes, attack vectors, attacker models, advantages & disadvantages of certain options and such. Of course, I can go to https://security.stackexchange.com .. but I like it here! Wink

That place is also more about questions & answers, no real place for discussion. And obviously it is much broader (not tied to Bitcoin / cryptocurrency)..

Right. We shouldn't be saying "there are other places to discuss this" as a reason not to introduce the board anyway. Like you said, we like it here; we like the format of the forum, the people, and their brains!

So far, no response from theymos unfortunately guys. I guess no news can sometimes be good news though! Maybe it's in the works Lips sealed