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OCR Spyware Breaches Both Apple and Google App Stores To Steal Wallet Phrasesit.slashdot.org/story/25/02/05/1826259/first-ocr-spyware-breaches-both-apple-and-google-app-stores-to-steal-crypto-wallet-phrases
487 sats \ 7 comments \ @DarthCoin 6 Feb security

Use Obtainium or Zap Store folks... with sources directly from official github repos. Ditch the fucking Google and Apple stores.

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @teemupleb 6 Feb

Or don’t screenshot your seed phrase to the phone’s photo gallery

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @0393c53fc8 6 Feb

..then synchronize it with ࿕oogle Photos 🤡

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 6 Feb

LOL

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satochip_ 6 Feb

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered malware lurking in both Google Play and the Apple App Store that uses optical character recognition to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from users' photo galleries.

... To steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases...

... from users'...

... photo galleries...

Who on earth is screenshotting their seed phrases? There are plenty of secure solutions for properly storing them: pen and paper (though I wouldn’t recommend it), metal plates, Seedkeeper, KeePass...

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 6 Feb
Who on earth is screenshotting their seed phrases?

hahaha yeah same question I asked myself too. Apparently there are such dumb people on Earth.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 6 Feb

The fucking system always wants to control us, but they will never succeed again.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 6 Feb

Dayum

the malware was embedded in several messaging and food delivery apps, with the infected Google Play apps accumulating over 242,000 downloads combined.
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