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           ****IMPORTANT**** 

If you've received an email from [email protected] asking

you to verify your wallet, please DO NOT click on "verify your
wallet".
This is NOT LEGIT, MetaMask will NEVER ask for your secret recovery phrase.

From August 05, MetaMask will support EIP-1559, visit our hub to learn more!        

MetaMask only offers support via our Help-Center, Community channels, we do not

offer support elsewhere. We will not ask for your Seed Phrase / Secret Recovery
Phrase by any means !
 
 

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Basic Safety and Security Tips for MetaMask

Justin Vuong

7 days ago ·
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What is a Secret Recovery Phrase and how to back it up

The use of a seed phrase, or Secret Recovery Phrase, is a standard most crypto-wallets use. It's
generated randomly when you create a MetaMask account, which is unique, and serves to
generate addresses.
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When you create a MetaMask wallet, you are given your 12-word Secret Recovery Phrase.
MetaMask does not control any of your personal or private data on our servers. Everything is
encrypted in your browser and protected via your MetaMask password. So, when you lose your
MetaMask accounts, and need to restore MetaMask, you can only do that with your Secret
Recovery Phrase.

How To Reveal (and save) Secret Recovery Phrase 

When you restore MetaMask wallet, it restores MetaMask accounts too. If you have imported
accounts, you will have to import them again.

Why you need to store your Secret Recovery Phrase

MetaMask is not a cloud-based solution.  If your device breaks, is lost, stolen, or has data
corruption, there is no way for the MetaMask Support team to recover this for you.  This Secret
Recovery Phrase is the only way to recover your MetaMask accounts.

Don’t share your Secret Recovery Phrase and private keys

Anyone who has your Secret Recovery Phrase or private keys could send Ether or tokens from
your accounts. Never share them with anyone, including the MetaMask team. We will never ask
for you to provide this. If someone claims that we do, insist on not sharing. Please report to us
the person who claims to be MetaMask team member, and asks for your Secret Recovery Phrase
and/or private keys via [email protected].

If you have large amount of ETH or tokens in your accounts, consider

getting a hardware wallet.

Hardware wallets are commonly thought to be the safest, and most robust device to store
your Ethers or tokens. It signs transactions through the private keys which are stored offline.

There is no such thing as too much safety. The basic guide here is by no means comprehensive.
Always learn how to better protect your tokens, by learning from the community, informative
materials or discussion channels.

Here are some additional resources on how to keep your computer safe:

Windows - Keep your computer secure at home

Mac - Set up your Mac to be secure
Linux - Protect your person linux/unix computer

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