Bitcoin Q&A: Setting Up Secure Storage Devices Video

How secure are mobile wallets compared to desktops or hardware wallets? How easy is it for each type of device to be compromised? Does a factory reset or re-installed operating system help? How hard is it to properly set up a factory-reset or airgapped laptops? Can malware be transmitted via USB? What is the Glacier Protocol?

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0:00 How safe are mobile wallets, since they are constantly connected to the internet nowadays? Are mobile phones considered a safe option if one does not own a cold storage wallet?
2:47 What are the proper steps to take when installing and creating a mobile wallet?
4:33 In case I have installed a wallet app on my Mac, which has been infected without me noticing, will a hacker be able to retrieve my private key from the wallet, which was previously generated by the 'getnewaddress' command?
6:04 If I copy the MyEtherWallet client on to a USB stick and put it on my offline laptop, will it be compromising my security? The USB drive could contain some sort of malware.
7:45 How would I get signed transactions from my offline, air-gapped laptop to an online client for propagation? Would I have to type it in manually?
8:31 Hardware wallets versus the Glacier Protocol

These questions are from the MOOC 9.4 session, as well as a monthly Patreon Q&A session, which took place on March 9th and March 31st 2018 respectively. Andreas is a teaching fellow with the University of Nicosia. The first course in their Master of Science in Digital Currency degree, DFIN-511: Introduction to Digital Currencies, is offered for free as an open enrollment MOOC course to anyone interested in learning about the fundamental principles. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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On the topic of inheritance and estate planning, see: https://youtu.be/4g8rO_queMw

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