Are RedPhone and TextSecure the best privacy app for calling and texting? by j3zuz00 in privacy

[–]goldcakes -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

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NO. The only trustworthy privacy apps are those that are developed out of goodwill, and are fully open source.

Example: GnuPG. Tor (made by the Tor Foundation, a registered nonprofit). TorChat. Jabber OTR.

AVOID: Anything made by an incorporated entity for commercial purposes.

Use ChatSecure for IMs on phones. There are currently no acceptable ways to make secure phone calls on a phone.

New "Choose your wallet" page on bitcoin.org by saivann in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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Awesome. Is this actually going to get in? Bitcoin.org is controlled by the Bitcoin Foundation who were promoting MtGox just months earlier.

Tax Office sued for $6m after allegedly ruining a man's life by WatchedByChickens in australia

[–]goldcakes -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

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Absolutely - all governments are illegitimate, and taxation by nature is theft.

Journalists will face jail over spy leaks under new security laws by [deleted] in australia

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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That's what happens with no bill of rights.

You do realise we are past the stage of where it is possible to change the system democratically? If you want your freedom, a civil war is the only answer.

Oh wait, gun control.

Journalists will face jail over spy leaks under new security laws by [deleted] in australia

[–]goldcakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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Every once in a while you need a painful revolution to restore liberty. Too bad with gun control it is more and more difficult.

The state of Steam Customer Support and why it's inadmissable by sccdemir in Games

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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No, this isn't true. Lawyers are not allowed in small claims courts, you won't be facing their legal team. Valve knows their terms cannot stand up in court, and will always settle with you if you actually file a suit.

Oh yes, and they give you refunds in the future.

The state of Steam Customer Support and why it's inadmissable by sccdemir in Games

[–]goldcakes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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You should be asking WHY they don't want people to be reckless. Because I've gotten a refund after spending 2 hours in BF4, and I got the refund back to my credit card after clicking through an automated interface.

Origin gives no questions asked refunds for their AMA titles.

The state of Steam Customer Support and why it's inadmissable by sccdemir in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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You can't challenge it in court. Remember when Valve introduced mandatory arbitration in it's ToS? You can't sue valve.

The state of Steam Customer Support and why it's inadmissable by sccdemir in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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It doesn't matter. You gave up the right to she Valve as part of steam' ELLA.

Google partners with Coinbase to add Bitcoin conversion to Search. by firdaushaque in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Bitstamp is still OK. Kraken seems to be run competently.

Octo: CHIP-8 retro game programming in your browser by RodgerTheGreat in programming

[–]goldcakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Brilliant. I'm making space invaders instead of trying to fix my server thanks to you!

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here by rnvk in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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Hijacking top comment: Coinkite is a bank as a service, not wallet as a service. Multisig wallets are true wallets as a service.

If you don't have control over the private key, it is NOT a wallet. It is a uninsured bank. Yes, this applies to Coinbase and all exchanges too.

In addition, Coinkite engages in vote manipulation including down voting negative comments and upvoting positive ones. Take a look at here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy0puj

f.lux selling browsing data? was mentioned elsewhere, anyone knows what it means? by Madd0g in privacy

[–]goldcakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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It's a random, 5 digit incoming UDP port. It could be, I think a GET request would work just as well for that.

But as mentioned, I don't know - if you have the technical skills, please investigate.

/u/moolah_ just soaked 4 million doge on #dogecoin by TIP_ME_COINS in dogecoin

[–]goldcakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Totally not using customer funds guys, totally. I'm sure he has another reason for refusing an audit of Moolah's reserves.

Seriously - we need to express healthy skepticism. We are an amazing community, and I hope that never changes, but we shouldn't let ourselves be taken advantage of.

Litecoin Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in litecoin

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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When MtGox went down, two of my friends felt sorry for me because I invested in Bitcoin. Heists and hacks harm the cryptocurrency scene as a whole, even if you didn't lose coins personally. It damages our image and makes crypto seem like an unsafe place. But it doesn't have to be -- if your computer is clean, it is IMPOSSIBLE for someone to steal coins off you! Educating users on secure practices is why I am 'angry at coinkite'.

Are you aware you can have managed wallets, while remaining in control of your coins? It's called multisig.

There are many Bitcoin wallets that provide 2FA, security, spending limits, double spend prevention without having control of your Bitcoins. I prefer exclusive control and do not use any of them, nor am I shilling for any of them. I recommend people use a combination of a lite wallet (eg Electrum) and paper cold storage.

In addition, it's not just promoting them on reddit - it's engaging in vote manipulation (yes, one of their employees, rnvk admitted to it): https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy2y2a

https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy2a6q

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Wait! Wallet as a service does have a unique value proposition. But this isn't 'wallet as a service'.

Actual 'wallet as a service' is called Multisig, meaning a Bitcoin address can be owned by multiple private keys. You own one of the two private keys, the service owns the other private keys. Both of your private keys are required to spend money.

So, if the service tries to rob your coins or gets hacked.. they can't.

In addition, with nLockTime, after a certain period of time the Bitcoin network can automatically refund your multisig coins to a specific address -- in case the service loses their private key.

This is a true 'wallet as a service': https://greenaddress.it/en/ You have eventual full control of your coins, but in the meanwhile the service is able to block transactions to prevent suspicious transactions, protect against double spending, etc.

Here's how an exchange would go:

"Hey Bob, someone signed with your private key to send coins, and made that request from South Africa. Is that you?"

"No, that's not me, how can I get my coins back?"

"Just sign a transaction to a secure wallet, we will sign your transaction and we won't sign the attackers."

See -- all the control a wallet as a service would need, without actually giving them control of your coins.

Coinkite is simply a bank, not a wallet.

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Are you part of the Coinkite vote manipulation team?

You do realize your comment went from +1 to +9, while the post has been deleted, correct?

Your other comments have also been upvoted.. in an deleted thread..

Look at all of this user's posts:

https://pay.reddit.com/user/rnvk

Bear in mind that /r/Bitcoin mods have deleted this thread since the ':P' comment, so all his recent comments with upvotes were made when nobody could possibly have came from /r/Bitcoin (and only possibly through external sources).

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Just so you know, they are heavily manipulating reddit comments here. What is funny is that this thread is deleted - no /r/Bitcoin user will actually see this thread! So all of the vote changes now (except for a few with the tab open) are from their bots, lol.

https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy2a6q

https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy1o04

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Yeah. Look at the parent comment - it went from 7 upvotes (I can confirm it was at +7) to -5 (12 downvotes):

https://i.imgur.com/vMtufeu.png

But: this post has already been deleted.. It doesn't show up anywhere on Reddit unless you type or follow the link manually.

You're saying 12 people already had the tab open, and proceeded to downvote this specific comment to hide the comment tree?

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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But you're not a wallet. You're a uninsured bank advertising as a wallet.

https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2a4ne3/if_you_dont_have_access_to_your_own_private_keys/

A wallet: something you hold. Something you can spend.

A bank: "an institution for receiving, lending, exchanging, and safeguarding money and, in some cases, issuing notes and transacting other financial business."

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Yes, I'm against Coinbase as a wallet, and I'm against using every single exchange as a wallet. Exchanges are exchanges. This is, strangely, the position held by every single Bitcoin core developer!!!! Even jgarzik, who works for BitPay (note that Bitpay doesn't try to be a B2C wallet).

Coinbase is a very accessible Bitcoin exchange. They are not acceptable as a wallet.

As for what bitcoin is and isn't, that's really up to the each user. Bitcoin was designed for flexibility of choice; that's the best part about it, imo.

I suppose you are Satoshi and can speak for him? Or should we look in the genesis block of Bitcoin:

The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

  • Embedded in the Genesis Block of Bitcoin.

You can come to your own conclusions about what Bitcoin was designed for.

Litecoin Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in litecoin

[–]goldcakes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Remember: This is not a wallet. This is a bank you are trusting your Litecoins to.

After ALL these heists in the crypto world, why take another chance when you don't need to -- when you can have your very own private key, and actually own your Litecoins?

Read this here: https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2arhtg/walletasaservice_is_here_coinkite_api_has/ciy0vsp

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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That's completely irrelevant if you don't have control over the private key. You don't own the Bitcoins, if you are unable to spend them. Asking coinkite politely to send their Bitcoins they mark as yours, is not owning the Bitcoins.

Sure, they 'segregate' funds. But in their wallet.

Wallet-as-a-Service is Here: Coinkite API has launched! (CTO here happy to answer any questions) by dochex in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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How about responding to my inconvenient question? It's right below the post, as it's quite obvious the two of you tried to downvote it.

You said you're 'happy to answer any questions'. I'm waiting!

why are you reporting this?

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