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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift 2 Mar \ parent \ on: Proton Wallet is the best UX for non-custodial Bitcoin Design
It goes against the principle of anonymity in Bitcoin transactions—oops, it's pseudo anonymity because we can view the transactions. Email is literally our public password, and if bad actors find out that we use Bitcoin, the amount of cracking attempts and phishing will increase significantly. I don't think it's safe at all; if your accounts get compromised in any way (cookie session hijacking is the biggest threat I know of), they would definitely gain access to all the linked services as well as the wallet.
I understand your point about how convenient it is, but still, a little inconvenience is better than losing a lot. When people received invites for the wallet, we could see the emails of both parties, which itself was a major issue. When you receive Bitcoin via email, you could see the sender's email too. Now, if either party's account gets compromised, the other party is automatically at risk.
When I gave an invite to someone, they tipped me Bitcoins via email and asked me to delete all the messages containing their email address. I did it, but the person wasn't happy with what Proton did, and I guess they wouldn't use Proton Wallet ever again.
I gave Proton feedback that, instead of email, they should provide us with a pseudonymous address like we get in Lightning, but they said they'll look into it.
The wallet is still early, maybe they'll change the concept.
Don't get me wrong, I know it is not a good thing to have a wallet associated with an email, especially if is an email one use. Either case, I still not trust such service, maybe because I know better ways to store my corn, there's no need for me to have someone else generating my seed. I tested, but I don't think i'll never use it.
When I gave an invite to someone, they tipped me Bitcoins via email and asked me to delete all the messages containing their email address.
Did not know this was eve possible 🤣 and probably delete the message does not even make sense, wallet/email association is exposed at the moment you use such service. Again, not something I'll use personally
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Yeah, they probably misunderstood the concept. I deleted everything as they requested, but their email is still in my transaction history, which is impossible to delete. I assured him I won't leak his personal details ever. 🤣
Don't get me wrong, I know it is not a good thing to have a wallet associated with an email, especially if is an email one use. Either case, I still not trust such service, maybe because I know better ways to store my corn, there's no need for me to have someone else generating my seed. I tested, but I don't think i'll never use it.
Very nice way of thinking! It's a good start wallet for early learners like me, but not for bitcoiners who know where and how to store their corn very well. Thanks
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