I'm happy to hear you were able to fix your problem without having to take the trouble of walking over to another computer, logging in there and posting your question. You saved a bundle; Bitcointalk customer support engineer house calls are real expensive.

Wireless communication can hardly be characterised as ‘phased out’.

The Internet is a system of interconnected networks. The Internet as a whole doesn’t care whether a given part thereof runs on copper, fibre, wireless or avian. That’s why we have the lower layers of the OSI model.

And security is built into the blockchain, although I’ll admit that wireless links are in some aspects more (although, on the other hand, in some aspects less) vulnerable to e.g. denial-of-service attacks than fixed networks.

I don’t know where you got the idea of using Morse code. You can read about various modes here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amateur_radio_modes

So which skills do you have (or which skills can you obtain in a reasonable amount of time)? There are various marketplaces for pretty much any service that can be delivered online.

If you deem it important to be paid in bitcoin rather than in fiat currency, that will probably narrow down your opportunities somewhat, as not all potential customers and brokers will be familiar with cryptocurrency.

If crazy-in-a-good-way ideas such as this encourages people to study for amateur radio licences, I'm all for it. One place to start is https://rsgb.org/main/faq-2/becoming-a-radio-amateur-faq/.

So you wouldn’t trust a random wi-fi, but you would trust just any old malicious VPN you happened to find on ‘underground forums’. That’s bad advice.

Only connect to wi-fi networks you have reason to trust. I avoid open ones, but I often use password-protected networks operated by some bona fide entity.

Similarly, if you decide to use a VPN, make sure it’s trustworthy. After all, whoever controls the VPN will be able to read and change all your plain-text traffic. Even when you’re using encrypted applications, the VPN owner will know where you connect and how much information you send and receive.

F-Secure Freedome is a widely used VPN with good reputation, but of course past performance doesn’t predict future results. With huge userbases comes huge responsibility, and as we’ve seen with Facebook and others, sometimes the temptation can grow too big. Remember those are all companies that seek to make a profit. ‘If you’re not the paying customer, you’re the product.’

Nigerians being scammed by Westerners? Where is this world heading to?

And remember to tell us which country you’re in whenever you ask a legal question. Laws differ by country.

What’s the transaction ID?

You didn't tell us which those countries are. That's very important as legislation and legal process varies between countries.

Does your country have some kind of consumer or finance complaints board where you could file a case without having to incur the overhead of full-blown civil proceedings?

I was an early PGP adopter back in the 1990s and used it on a daily basis for 20 or so years. But PGP has always largely been a tool (and toy) for infosec pros and other geeks. Safely using PGP requires a fair amount of knowledge in the first place, and verifying keys, assigning trust etc. is time-consuming. That’s why most apps use the CA-based code signing facilities built into commercial operating systems. Considering that Bitcoin and other crypto currencies are being marketed to the general public, I’m surprised that not all wallets do that. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s better than nothing.

How would that be more useful than the current, distributed DNS? We outgrew hosts files 30+ years ago.

I don't know much about Android, but if I understand correctly, many carrier phones include an app called Mobile Services Manager which can be used to install stuff surreptitiously. Here's one thread on the subject: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/psa-disable-mobile-services-manager-apps-t3764366.

I'd be interested in hearing more about this.

Thanks for your response. I guess I’ll just have to wait for a sufficiently secure iOS wallet that also allows private keys to be imported.

(Android isn’t an option for me - I have it on a work phone and I hate it 🤢)

Hi,

It’s been a while. Hopefully everyone’s doing great.

I have a Bitcoin Core wallet I intend to continue using. But I would now like to use those same keys on an iOS device as well.

Which iOS wallet would you recommend? I understand that from a security viewpoint, BRD, Edge or Greenaddress would be preferable. Do any of those provide a workable way of importing my keys from Core? Not just sweep them - my objective is to use both wallets concurrently with the same set of keys. And are there any potential issues I should be wary of?

My guesses would be phishing (the lookalike .to site, with its high placement in Google results, seems like a perfect way to collect Bitcointalk passwords) and password stealing malware disguised e.g. as altcoin wallets.

Not exactly. Compiling means turning the source code (the written commands) into machine readable code that a computer can run efficiently. It does involve typing a number of commands at your shell prompt, but you only compile a program once, after which you can run it any way you want. Compiling your own software is considered safer than running binaries compiled by others because the latter are more difficult to examine for back doors and other malicious features.

What’s the username of your other account?

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