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[Anonymous No.10846289]

Let's say I hypothetically take a pic of my private key with my phone. Is there anyway a person could remotely access that picture without me voluntarily sending it to them or by physically stealing and accessing my phone?

[Anonymous No.10846295]

>>10846289
Yes

[Anonymous No.10846313]

>>10846289
>not memorizing your private key

[Anonymous No.10846318]

>>10846289
No, but it's better to always keep a copy somewhere. Take a pic and send it to me and I'll hold the backup for you.

[Anonymous No.10846323]

>>10846313
>hypothetically

[Anonymous No.10846326]

>>10846289
Ask Jen Law

[Anonymous No.10846329]

>>10846289
>phone
Yes, first apple or google will see it, then followed by the NSA. If you want it to be private use a real camera and keep it on a flash card, and never access the picture on any internet connected device.

[Anonymous No.10846335]

>>10846289
>>10846295
I'm not fucking with you, by the way. Having a picture of extremely sensitive data on you phone is a real risk. Smartphones devices can be infected if you make even the slightest mistake, such as charging it somewhere you shouldn't, or connecting to a public wifi somewhere, or downloading an innocent looking PDF file... the list goes on. Then uploading all your pictures to a server where the attacker has access is literally a piece of cake.
Not even to mention that, if your pictures are saved to a cloud service (which they normally do by default), they are already compromised, since you can't really know for sure who has access to what in the company providing the service. There also a risk that THEY are hacked, even if you are not.

[Anonymous No.10846352]

>>10846318
Good one Nigger

[Anonymous No.10846392]

>>10846326
What?

>>10846329
>>10846335
Thanks for the answers brahs. Anyway to know if a device is currently infected? Also can internet posts be deleted permanently? (assuming they're not in cold storage) If so how could that be accomplished?

[Anonymous No.10846408]

>>10846392
Grandpa please.

[Anonymous No.10846426]

>>10846392
>internet posts
>deleted permanently
nothing that ever appears on the internet is ever truly deleted

>Anyway to know if a device is currently infected?
Sometimes. The only device you can truly trust is one that is completely open source from the OS down to the hardware (such as a libreboot Thinkpad)

[Anonymous No.10846444]

>>10846392
Easy to tell if it's infested:

Is it running windows?
Is it running closed source software?
Have you connected it to the internet?
Have you de-loused it?
Has it ever run windows?
Is it using an intel CPU?
Is it connected to literally any arris modem?

If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then you should not have a private key on there for long, or at the very least not much of value.

The only environment you should have a private key open in is one that is not connected to the internet.

[Anonymous No.10846469]

>>10846444
Forgot to add:

Is it a smart phone?

If yes ... etc etc..

[Anonymous No.10846532]

>>10846289
Just hacked your phone and stole all your linkies ;)

[Anonymous No.10846535]

>>10846426
>>10846444
Thank you youngins for helping out a geezer like myself. Nice three digits there by the way kiddo.

[Anonymous No.10846548]

>>10846532
Linkies? Is that some kind of Bit coin?

[Anonymous No.10846621]

is ledger nano the best way to store coins?

[Anonymous No.10846700]

>>10846289
dont be a fucking idiot.

[Anonymous No.10846827]

>>10846621
That or figure out how to use Bitcoin core.

[Anonymous No.10846869]

>>10846700
you first virgin

[Anonymous No.10846886]

>>10846289
Post the picture here and we can tell you if it is exploitable.

[Anonymous No.10846944]

>>10846886

[Anonymous No.10846957]

>>10846392
>can internet posts be deleted permanently? (assuming they're not in cold storage)