<p>Nothing.</p>

<p>A Bitcoin wallet that is online and connected in some way to the Internet is referred to as <strong>hot wallet</strong>.</p>

<p>That is why it is recommended to keep as much money as you would put in your pocket in a hot wallet.</p>

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<p>Wallet software use variant technologies to protect and hide our private keys like mnemonic or simply using the private keys.</p>

<p>What would prevent them from making a patch to their software that will install a keylogger, making a screenshoot, or simply going into the memory and retrieving those private informations ?</p>

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What prevent a smartphone wallet from downloading my keys
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# What prevent a smartphone wallet from downloading my keys

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-08)

Wallet software use variant technologies to protect and hide our private keys like mnemonic or simply using the private keys.

What would prevent them from making a patch to their software that will install a keylogger, making a screenshoot, or simply going into the memory and retrieving those private informations ?

**Tags:** wallet, private-key, mnemonic-seed


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Nothing.

A Bitcoin wallet that is online and connected in some way to the Internet is referred to as **hot wallet**.

That is why it is recommended to keep as much money as you would put in your pocket in a hot wallet.


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