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If you ever type your seed phrase into your phone, you might want to read this 🚨

A user on Reddit claims his Android phone managed to guess his seed phrase — and this could be advantageous to hackers.

"Predictive typing remembers your used words and will suggest the second word as soon as you type the first one, especially if it's a word you don't commonly use." He explained that this wallet now asks him to confirm two words from the list in a random order — such as the 4th and 18th — adding:

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