JAXX Wallet Personal Enhancement

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Yes the JAXX Wallet.. For those that don’t know there is a security issue with the JAXX Wallet that has been reported to the development company.

Someone having either physical or network access to your computer can extract the Jaxx 12-word wallet backup phrase. This vulnerability would allow someone to rebuild your wallet on another system.

As a work around I keep my Jaxx local storage directory in an encrypted folder and mount it when needed. Jaxx is one of the better cross-platform multi currency wallets, and hopefully the development team will correctly encrypt the wallet seed in a future update.

The locations of the local storage directory depends on your system but in most cases can be found as follows.

Linux desktop: $HOME/.config/Jaxx/Local\ Storage/file__0.localstorage

Linux chrome extension: $HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/chrome- extension_ancbofgphhmhcchnaognahmjfajaecmo_0.localstorage

macOS desktop: /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Jaxx/Local Storage/file__0.localstorage

Windows desktop: C:\Users<Your Computer's User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Jaxx\Local Storage

Windows chrome extension: C:\Users<Your Computer's User Name>\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\chrome-extension_ancbofgphhmhcchnaognahmjfajaecmo_0.localstorage

The risk factor of storing your cryptocurrencies on the exchanges is to high and unfortunately the hardware wallets can get expensive. The JAXX wallet is a great alternative.
Altcoin support is available for most major coins and having ShapeShift integration right in the wallet is a big plus.

Pros:
Great Design
Intuitive interface
Multiple altcoins supported
Multiple platform support

Cons
Not open source
Relatively young company
Security bug not addressed