Blockchain conference season, it's an opportunity for cryptographers to study the red carpet for all the extravagance to the whales to mingle, communicate and learn. But if you are not careful, you will also be vulnerable to hacking your hardware and your traffic to a cryptocurrency
May Is the Month for Blockchain Conferences
Cryptocurrency conferences are held throughout the year, but in May they are more active. Last weekend, Futurama was also seen in Dubai, a wonderful event featuring the most famous guests of Brooke Pearce, whose closing ceremony was held on a yacht in the Gulf. Next week, the New York Consensus Conference (NYC) will be the largest event in the industry, hosting 7,000 participants from around the world
Where the cumulative value at the Hilton Midtown in New York will reach billions of dollars. The vast majority of that wealth will be left at home on the hardware, and the paper preserves hidden in the cabinets, but that does not mean that the attendees will be well protected from pirates
Keep Calm and Be Prepared
The first rule in the presence of a general conference, especially a prominent feature such as consensus, is to prevent unsafe wireless networks. How do you know if your network is not secure? You may not know this, which is why you rely better on mobile data only. Any Wi-Fi point in the conference you attend can be a trap for you
If you need to connect to a Wi-Fi network during the conference or at your hotel, be sure to use a VPN. In addition, keep the Bluetooth of your mobile phone and NFC and turn it off to the USB charging point. You do not know what is on the other end of this cable, and although it can be harmless, your data can be easily extracted.