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Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Client-side is not cloud.

Yes, you can keep client-side reasonably secure. You can't send the data for cloud processing and seriously expect much security or privacy... for now. Encrypt client-side and use cloud as storage... maybe; encryption algorithms also have a "best by" date.

My point is:

  • "Cloud hosted" can not be fully "secure and private" right now.
  • "With cloud storage", has a "best by" date.
  • "Not cloud"... well, is not cloud 🙂

Letting anyone with the ability to switch the software without you noticing, anywhere near the keys controlling some Bitcoin funds, is a really bad idea.