Cody Brown
medium.com/@codybrown · Personal blog · on HN since 2015
Cody Brown, a founder and writer, posts essays on tech products, media, and sports, and a widely shared account of a Bitcoin theft.
What HN saysHN commenters link his story of losing $8k of Bitcoin through a Verizon SIM attack as a standard example of the weakness of SMS 2FA.
25HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.com10 people · 99 points · first shared 2017 · 19 comments on HN
- 2You Won’t Be Able to Sue the Next Gawker8 people · 39 points · first shared 2016 · 17 comments on HN
- 3The new Macbook Pro tool bar is a scab I want to pick off2 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 4The Facebook newsfeed is the tabloid of our day2 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 5Why is Apple asleep at the wheel with VR?1 people · 29 points · first shared 2016 · 71 comments on HN
- 6Why Robotic Sports Will One Day Rival the NFL1 people · 9 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 7Conductor Social Networks1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 8The Difference Between Confidence and Arrogance Is Empathy1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Why Pro Drone Racing Isn’t Popular (yet)1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
throwaway45636 · 2019-05-21
Similar story from two years ago - https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-mi…
amckenna · 2018-08-01
Here is a good example of an attack against a system secured by SMS based 2FA: https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-mi…
marcosscriven · 2017-09-20
I read a story of people losing a huge amount to theft: https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-mi…
dazmax · 2017-06-12
There was this recent case showing how not to do this feature. https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-mi…
sillysaurus3 · 2017-06-11
Regarding the $8k of bitcoin stolen (https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-mi… that's what you get for storing your coin in Coinbase or someone else's service. If you're not in control of your keys, you don't own the coins. This uncomfortable truth has a way of occasionally poking out, like that story.