Seems like completely over the top security theatre to me. > On 2017/Oct/18, at 8:10 AM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > > This just feels strange.... > > https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/ > > I reckon this is real security: > > "No one, not even the operator, enters the cold room. Its door is sealed with > tapelike a crime sceneto ensure its not tampered with. The cold room > contains hardware, which is never connected to the internet, used to sign > bitcoin transactions. Signing a transaction can be performed offline. The > operator accesses that hardware using special cabling, sending encrypted > data to the hardware for signing. Finally, before a transaction can be > approved, two more sign-offs, in two other vaults located on separate > continents, must be performed. " > > Jan > > > > I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > [email protected] > Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker > Blog: www.janwhitaker.com > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you > fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. > ~Margaret Atwood, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
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