For real, even if you run everything correctly, there is a new doomsday-tier security exploit found every couple of months. Most of them don't make headlines. After decades of work by the best minds we have, the state of the art solution is to never store anything vital online and set up your system for rapid redeployment when you inevitably get pwned.
This is why crypto is such a meme - computers in their current state are just not up to the task. That's going to make some people here mad but it's the truth.
Data breaches are wildly more common than people think. Your data just literally isn't safe.
For real, even if you run everything correctly, there is a new doomsday-tier security exploit found every couple of months. Most of them don't make headlines. After decades of work by the best minds we have, the state of the art solution is to never store anything vital online and set up your system for rapid redeployment when you inevitably get pwned.
This is why crypto is such a meme - computers in their current state are just not up to the task. That's going to make some people here mad but it's the truth.
Well, the block-chain of bitcoin is a bit different because the whole structure is designed to prevent the best people and machines from hacking it.
That doesn't mean there aren't other methods of tracking your purchases or information. Social engineering has yet to be defeated