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Security guide Published 25 July 2026 About 25 minutes

MetaMask(メタマスク) Security: A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Scams

Losses involving browser wallets almost never begin with broken cryptography. They begin with an approval the person did not understand. This guide takes apart the approval step, the seven scam patterns that exploit it, and the checks that separate a real interface from a convincing copy.

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In preparation

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  • Browser extension permissions: reading a manifest before you trust it.
  • Account recovery flows: why the reset path is usually the weakest one.
  • Phishing that survives two-factor authentication: proxy kits, and what actually stops them.
  • Reading a security advisory: what a CVE score does and does not tell you.

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Web3 security, without the transaction

Most writing about wallet security is published by people who also want you to trade, stake or sign something. That is a conflict, and it shapes what gets explained and what gets skipped.

METASILVER covers the layer where losses actually happen: the human and interface layer. Approval prompts that grant more than they appear to. Support accounts that are not support. Extensions that look like the one you meant to use. Addresses that differ from yours in four characters out of forty-two.

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