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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Apple (and Play) Stores are hosting scam wallet apps.
by
headingnorth
on 02/08/2025, 04:22:20 UTC
Anyone with large amounts of bitcoin in self-custody should be using the passphrase feature IMO,
so they can't steal your bitcoin with just the seedphrase alone. It is your last line of defense.
It's not about using passphrase or any other extra security including multi sig, once you installed the fake apps, they can gain access into your smartphone.

The most important thing is hold large amount of coins in hardware wallet or air-gapped wallet, not in hot wallet. Also don't save every password or any secret information in your smartphone.



A fake app can gain access to your phone, but it will never know your passphrase.
Which of course should only be stored in your memory. You can write it down somewhere safe
as a physical backup should your memory fail you.