Gonzo blogging, sanitation and security.

in #altcoin9 years ago

Some terms : Wallet.

  1. This can be a foldy thing with nothing in it but some declined credit cards, an ID, possibly a fake ID, a perished condom from the days of hope.
  2. It can be a bit of software which runs on your PC, Mac or mobile.

Case 1: It's best not to leave this around the place because anyone could walk by and pick it up. Don't leave it on the side of the street and expect to find it again. You may find it, a generous person may return it to you with or without the prophylactic. Not a good plan though. Keep it in your underwear at all times just to be safe.

Case 2: Any software downloaded from anywhere may contain BAD THINGS. You would not invite random passers by into your home to enjoy your stuff like it was thier own and generally speaking it's not a good idea to invite strangers to use your computer like it was theirs.
If your computer has been hijacked or infected with virii before then you need to raise your game, stop downloading stuff from dubious sites, stop clicking on those invoice attachments that nice strangers tell you detail your refund or lottery win from something you've never heard of. Everyone likes to feel special or lucky, just remember that everyone is actually out to get your stuff and you should be fine.
Feel special because you are worth trying to con! A large proportion of the planet's population literally does not have a pot to piss in and someone has taken time out of their day to try and steal your pisspot! You are a beautiful snowflake!
That said, don't let them take the piss.

The computer is not your friend. The computer is complex layers of complex systems carefully crafted so that even a simple monkey like me can hammer out drivel like this without being able to program in C++.
Some bad people can program in c++, or other easier languages. Some of those people are interested in using your computer as if it were their own by hijacking your processor to mine crypto, they may want your internet access to carry out massive distributed denial of service attacks against companies with bigger pots of piss than you can even dream of.
They may want to gain access to your bank details to steal your money directly from the bank or they may want to get hold of your crypto assets.
What better way to find potential victims of crypto theft than to package the funnel as a wallet for crypto assets. The victim selects themself by downloading the wallet and running it! They're practically begging to be robbed right?
Well, sometimes not so much but it is definitely worth investing in antivirus protection.
When your antivirus tells you there is something wrong with an executable, perhaps the person to trust about "false positives" is not the person trying to get you to run the program?
I'm not saying your computer is YOUR enemy, I'm just saying that it may be under the control of your enemy. If you've "invested" hundreds of foldy country papery token things into an intangible token thing then it may be wise to invest some foldy stuff into security to at least warn you when you're about to pour your own pisspot over your head.

The long con is of course to run an ICO, sell tokens with some semi-credible use case and value proposition to people, use the funds raised to hire PR, management, programmers, imagineers, reddit bots, media attention and then to produce some sort of radical decentralised system to shake the very foundations of the world as we know it. I haven't seen that work yet but I am ever hopeful.
If one of those token sales goes to the moon and I hold it, would anyone be interested in sharing a perished prophylactic?

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