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How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.com

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Re: How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.com

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Found this depressingly insightful recommendation in the comments:

"And consider switching to a non-traditional phone company like Google Project Fi.. can’t socially engineer them because you can’t even contact them (and it’s same auth as your gmail)"

Re: How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.com

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The thing is, Verizon's not killing anybody by this disaster. Upper management there probably still sees cryptocurrencies as a fad toy. I'm being pragmatic. Here is an open idea that I have long wondered about. If you think this would work, you are welcome to have it and turn it into a startup (it could work as a free service, it could work on a subscription). Make a duress system that allows people to open a fast-lo…

I like your fight idea. But you couldn't use Gmail aliases as new address because they are only aliases. E.g. Foo+bar@gmail.com equals Foo+foo@gmail.com equals Foo@gmail.com.

DOH.

I was going based on the thinking that the full email string would need to be known in order for it to be changed. My brain's a bit foggy right now so I can't properly think it through.

Ouch, that makes things a bit harder... but thanks for letting me know.

Re: How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.com

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The two common BTC loss stories: 1. I left in the hands of other people 2. I failed to keep it accessible to myself It's easy to lean too far in one or the other direction by leaving stuff on a commercial service or forgotten on a single device without backups. For most folks, paper wallet and safebox is the appropriate mix since it follows traditional physical security patterns and ensures some protection from theft…

> safebox

Also don't tell anyone online/offline that you have coins. You might get intruders.

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