Unfortunately, our world is fraught with dangerous thieves and thugs roaming the internet to see who to rob either by sending out phishing links (via emails, smart phones and wallets), scam deals and in extreme cases can result to kidnapping just to get money from the person. The conundrum, however, is: have we ever thought about the dangers of exposing our wealth online or has the pride of showing off taken over our common sense? Here are some few points:
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Steemit Wallet : Steemit is a decentralized platform (I get it) however the visible wallet has many disadvantages which include exposure to theft , scam, kidnapping and begging for upvotes and or money (for those with huge amount of steem power, steem and steem dollars). The solution will be for members to have the option to hide their wallet from preying eyes and for the said person to go anonymous with regard to his or her real identity as most members do here.
Social video sites/internets: Few months ago, a well know bitcoin miner did an interview on YouTube and bragged about his 500 bitcoins which he bought when it was under 5 USD . This caught the attention of professional hackers who got hold of his email and phone number and used the details to get his login details including pin of his coinbase account (bitcoin wallet) and subsequently robbed him all his bitcoins. Therefore if you are blessed with top coins/ tokens do not expose it to the world and try to install Google authenticator which will help you to secure your wallet. Moreover, do not click on any link sent to your smart phone and email address (unless you are sure of it) due to phishing software’s that can get hold of all your private key. Furthermore, try get an offline wallet (for big holders of top cryptos) , at least this will guarantee the safety of your investments.
Importantly, all these tips will not save you if criminals know your address and come to you armed –therefore best security (think of your family especially children) is to go anonymous online and if you will do an interview, do not brag/boast about how wealthy you are unless you are able to hire top presidential type securities 24/7.
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