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Showerthoughts

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Purposely leaving small amounts of crypto on your device is like leaving a few dollars in the console of your car. It lets you know if your property has had it's security breached. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 week ago by ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Just a random thought I had.

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[โ€“] ChicagoTransplant@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think they mean you can see if you've got malware or something. Basically if you download something you shouldn't, I think their theory is it'll go for the low hanging fruit of a crypto wallet.

[โ€“] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this was my thought process. Security comes in layers and a huge amount of malicious software will scan for and send away unencrypted crypto sitting on a device. Setting up a small honeypot and monitoring for transactions gives me slight peace of mind. I just wanted to share my shower thought.