Hello everyone,
I had tons of security problems when I was a beginner. One of my exchanges got hacked, lost my 2FA code - my phone broke down etc. etc...
I want to write down some of the security stuff I use for my cryptos!
If any of you have corrections, additions or other suggestions to my safety actions, would love to hear them.
https://www.internations.org/guidelines/safety1- Never ever use an exchange without 2FA: Even the hardest passwords can get hacked easily. If you don't use 2FA you can get hacked... Yep I got hacked - my Bibox account, took hours to block the account, half of my earnings were lost. (it wasn't more than 50$, thank god...)
2- Never ever use the same password for different accounts.
Yep, I got hacked! Why? I was applying for several airdrops, you guys know that nowadays some of them require signing up to their websites. And what have I done? I used the same password and email I used for the Bibox exchange.
3- Writing down your password rather than saving them on your computer is a better idea. I have a small notebook which I keep my passwords.
I also have a word document which I save some of my private keys, it is a locked document - not so safe I know...
4- Always keep your 2FA code or barcode before scanning. If your phone breaks down, you will loose all your 2FAs... It can take 2-3 weeks to activate your exchange accounts.
5- MEW, IDEX login: I never copy and paste my private keys to login these wallets. I prefer Metamask login, not 100% secure but much better.
6- My browser preference: I don't like chrome very much. I prefer to use Brave browser to access my accounts. *It doesn't support Binance. Brave also has Metamask extension.
AND A GREAT UPDATE: Brave has it's own BAT wallet which ables you to earn while you surf. Firefox is my second choice.
7- Phising sites: I always bookmark my exchanges. Also before clicking the email links, I always check the url, I never click if it is not a "HTTPS". I also use WOT extension on Chrome to check if the link is safe or not...
8- KYC issue: I prefer not to do KYC for airdrops or bounties. If their database gets hacked, your passport can end up in Dark web. For exchanges, I always try to use my Driving License instead of my passport for KYC (some of them only accepts passport :/ )
9- For airdrops I use another email. Don't want my original email get spam mails and I want my exchange email to be safe.
These are the ones I remember so far...
Safe days you guys!
Black Susano Cares
The security of our assets is always the major thing we should consider, because many has loss money because of inability to secure our account, in some cases we are actually the cause of our problem such as entrusting our secret or private keys to friends, Airdrop is also another way or means of hacking people's wallet were as they offer you to claim a token that would worth a certain amount in dollars but will required you to connect your wallet before claiming, so with that offer you will see so many people very excited to claim a free token and at last they end exposing the account to hackers.
2FA is one the best security measures in protecting account, I always love exchanges that uses 2FA because with the help of 2FA unauthorized user can hardly access your account but it also has it own disadvantage in a case were you lose your backup code you also loss the access to the account so what I normally do is to save the code properly in different places.