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My FAVORITE Security Gadgets (that fit in my pocket) - YouTube
Channel: All Things Secured
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- None of these devices
are particularly large,
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nor are they expensive,
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but there's a reason I purchased
and used each one of them.
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And no, it's not just because
it makes me feel like-
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- James Bond.
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- If you consider yourself
even the slightest bit paranoid
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about your privacy and security,
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you're definitely gonna enjoy learning
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about these six little
known security tools
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that I use and recommend.
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Welcome to All Things Secured.
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My name's, Josh.
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And here's a little known fact about me,
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while living as an ex-pat
in another country,
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local police ran across this
particular device in my home.
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And among many other
reasons became convinced
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that I was really a spy.
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(computer pings)
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Thankfully my life is
not that interesting,
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but some of my gadgets apparently are.
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So let me introduce you
to six of my favorite
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and explain how and
why I use each of them.
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- The first is a super cheap product
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that I bought off of Amazon.
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I don't know if you remember back in 2016
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there was this picture of Mark Zuckerberg
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that made its rounds that
showed that even on his laptop,
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he had covered up both his
camera and his microphone
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with a piece of tape.
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You could do the same thing
just using a piece of tape,
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or you could get something
really cheap like this.
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You'll notice that I've got
one of these for my phone.
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I put it on my iPad
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and I even have one for
my webcam that I have.
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This is actually a plastic one
that's specifically designed
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for my Logictech webcam
on my desktop computer.
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But it basically ensures
that nobody is able to see me
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or have access to my cameras
unless I want them to.
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So I literally have to
take off the sticker
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or flip open that camera on the Logictech,
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that cover on my camera, in
order to use that camera.
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And it's just one of those
extra privacy measures
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to make sure that nobody's
able to just see me
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whenever they want to.
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Second is a data blocker.
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This little USB thing
is quite interesting.
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And it's meant to protect you
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from something known as Juice Jacking.
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If you've never heard of juice jacking;
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you know how when you go to
any of these public places
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and you wanna charge your phone
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and they've got the USB port
that you can just plug in?
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The problem is, is that our phones charge
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and do data transfer
using the same plugin.
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So you could plug in and
there are some of these places
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where you could actually
get malware or anything.
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They can even sometimes
download some of your stuff
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depending on your OS and
depending on how you have
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your phone configured just by
plugging into their USB port.
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So what this data blocker
does is it allows you to plug
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into here and then
straight into any USB port
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and now it blocks any data transfer.
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The only thing that this USB
now does is charge your device,
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whether that's your tablet or your phone.
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Again, these are super
cheap and I just keep these
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in my backpack wherever I'm going.
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So that way if I do need to
charge my phone or my tablet
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I just plug into this data blocker
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and then plug right into the wall.
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This third little piece is one
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you've heard me talk about
a lot, which is a 2FA key.
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Obviously you can use an app
for two factor authentication
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which is just that extra layer
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of protection beyond just your password.
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But a lot of a 2FA key
is actually a USB key,
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like what you see here.
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And what that means for me,
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now that a lot of stuff
is migrating over to USBC,
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is that I have to keep this
extra USBC dongle to make sure
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that I can plug into my
computer whenever I need it.
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Now thankfully, this
Yubico one also has an NFC,
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so I can tap it on my phone
and it will work like that.
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But I prefer this right here.
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This is the Yubico 5Ci.
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It has both USBC and
a Apple charging port.
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So I could plug it directly into my phone
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or into my iPad as well,
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or directly into my
computer with the USBC.
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So that way, and I keep
this on my key chain.
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That way I can plug it into any device
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and I don't have to worry about
any adapter to keep with me.
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Before I show you the
rest of these gadgets,
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which admit it, you're
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All right, this next
one is one you probably
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don't see very often.
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And I have a specific use for it.
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This is the Aegis Secure Key.
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It looks very innocuous at first glance,
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but when you open it up you see
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that it's actually a hardware
encrypted USB flash drive.
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I have to type in a number
before plugging it in.
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Now you can use a USB to charge it
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but it won't actually do any data transfer
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until I type in my six-to-15
digit or six-to-16 digit,
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I'm not sure, code that I set for myself.
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There's so many really cool
security features with this.
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In addition to the fact
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that I can have this self-destruct PIN,
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where if I put in a certain
PIN it self-destructs.
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Or after 10 wrong tries, it
will automatically wipe it.
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But this just ensures
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that nobody who gets this device
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is able to get what's on it.
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It's very secure from
a hardware perspective.
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Whereas, you can't use any key
logger to figure out exactly
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what the PIN is because
you're not actually
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putting in the PIN from your computer.
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You're doing it from the
hardware device right here.
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Now this thing right here,
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I actually used to put in
what I call my Death File.
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My death file goes on here.
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That's the file that I
keep that has a backup
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of my passwords for...
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That I export from one
password and I put it on here
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as well as a copy of my
will and all these things.
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So that if I were to pass away,
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my wife knows that this device
is what she needs to get to
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in order to get all the files
and things that she needs.
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Or if both of us pass away,
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that stuff is located in
our will with my lawyer,
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so that they can also access this well.
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One of the cool new things
that I'm testing out
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and I'm using it on my phone;
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it integrates with one password
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which is my password manager that I use,
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is something known as
a Virtual Credit Card.
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Now I use something through privacy.com.
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You can sign up for a free account there
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that'll give you 12 different
virtual credit cards
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that you can use per month.
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Or if you do a Pro Plan,
you can get I think,
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36 credit cards per month
on top of 1% cash back.
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That's not the reason I use it.
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What I use it for is
because virtual credit cards
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give you the opportunity to
create burner credit cards
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to create anonymous shopping,
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where I can shop and use a
different name and address
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than my actual name and address associated
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with that credit card.
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And I can even create merchant
specific credit cards.
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So for example, I've got one credit card
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that I specifically created for Netflix.
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I've put a cap of
$15-per-month that's allowed
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to be spent on that credit card.
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And the only time I use it is on Netflix.
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So if someone were to hack Netflix
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and find that credit card information,
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not only are they limited
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on what they could spend
on that credit card,
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but it's very easy for me to just shut
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that credit card down and
create a new virtual card.
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And I haven't really lost much privacy
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and there's not much risk.
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And so now I'm not spreading
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my actual credit card number
all across the internet
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along with my billing information.
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I really like this.
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This is something that I'm gonna be
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creating more videos on in the future,
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because I think this is huge.
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I think this is something
that's gonna help protect us
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a little bit more for our credit
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and a lot of the risk that's associated
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with online shopping.
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Finally, this may do not apply to everyone
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but for those of you who
are into cryptocurrencies:
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Bitcoin, Ethereum so on and so forth.
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I'm really starting to test
out cold storage, right?
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I've got this Ledger Nano S right here,
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as well as the "Trazor"
One or the Trezor One.
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I'm not sure exactly how they say it.
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I've been adding different
cryptocurrencies,
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very small amounts, as I test this out.
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But this is a really
interesting way to make sure
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that I am keeping control
of my cryptocurrency
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and I'm not putting all of
that risk into an exchange.
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What you may not realize
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is that unlike a bank
account that is FDIC insured,
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meaning that if someone
were to hack into that bank
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or if something were
to happen to your money
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in your savings account, it is
backed up by the government.
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Cryptocurrency doesn't have that.
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And there've been many cases
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where an exchange has gone down,
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or there's been a theft at
a cryptocurrency exchange,
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and everybody who had their
cryptocurrency kept there,
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lost all of the Bitcoin or the Ethereum
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or whatever they had was lost.
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And that's where cold storage
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is becoming more and more popular.
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And like I said, it's
somewhat relatively new to me.
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So I'm not going to comment too much
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on how it works or what
I think about it yet.
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But this is a new piece of technology
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that I'm starting to carry,
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not carry around with me,
but I am starting to use.
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And it's very fascinating and
very scary at the same time.
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If you've used cold storage before
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you know what I'm talking about.
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You just, you feel like you could lose.
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If you'd make any mistake,
could lose a lot of money.
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So what do ya think?
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I have affiliate links to each
of these devices and services
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in the description below.
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And I love learning
about fun, new gadgets.
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So if you think I'm missing
anything important here,
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don't just sit there,
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let me know what it is
in the Comments below;
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I wanna try it!
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