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[Anonymous No.57744999]

Can clicking a link drain your wallet? Or do you have to actually connect your wallet in the meta mask app itself?

[Anonymous No.57745063]

>Can clicking a link drain your wallet?
If it uses malware that extracts information from your browser, I don't see why not.
>Or do you have to actually connect your wallet in the meta mask app
Malicious contracts are only one vehicle for strealing funds.

[Anonymous No.57745101]

>>57744999
if you have an in browser wallet then possibly yes. cause its all crappy javascript.

[Anonymous No.57745135]

>>57744999
metamask will warn you if you're approving a contract that can take other funds see their security docs if you're so interested
also it depends on what the link is? you would have to download and execute a keylogger or something like that. If you're talking about buying scam coins that rug you? They just rug you. You sign transactions you want to make with metamask. If you don't approve them, they won't go through.

[Anonymous No.57745161]

>>57745101
this isn't true at all and the internet in terms of bloat / malware and shit is in a whole lot better state than it was in 2005 - java drive bys and the such don't really exist anymore. Flash was killed for a reason. Get ublock orgins and/or greasemonkey/noscript if you are that paranoid

[Anonymous No.57745218]

>>57745161
I’m not paranoid but I have heard of newfriends getting “wallet drained” and I’m not sure how it would happen even in meta mask on a pozzed browser unless you did a series of retarded shit

[Anonymous No.57745242]

>>57745218
because they are losing their private keys or seeds it's for sure not the software
like if someone tried to brute force my metamask seed by repeatedly creating new wallets the universe would actually end before they probably hit it. Like the chances are so low you would have a better chance at finding a specific atom in the universe while also knowing the exact time you'll find it, where and the such.
Those people lose their keys, they lose their crypto.

[Anonymous No.57745299]

>>57744999

The thing you have to remember is that some guys have to log off to make love to their wives, and when they do so they often leave their terminals unattended.

In those moments of passion, malicious actors can enter your mainframe, and steal your wifes seed phrase.

This is what it is better to be like me- hermetic and chaste, sans-succubus.

[Anonymous No.57745342]

>>57744999
No impossible
It's all sandboxed and js can't access data of an extension. Unless there's a zero day or something but highly unlikely as that never occurred.

[Anonymous No.57745457]

>>57744999
>metamask
it's 2024, use rabby

[Anonymous No.57747012]

>>57744999

Possible, yes. You're far more likely to have your crypto syphoned by allowing your wallet to connect to some dodgy site, but if you do end up downloading malware that has crypto keyloggers in, it can steal seed phrases and gain access to your wallet.

[Anonymous No.57747314]

>>57744999
The only way to get your shit stolen is if you're a fucking idiot and willingly give your data to suspicious third party websites
So yeah, i'll invest in troll, get rich and none of you can even dream of touching my fortune, fags KEK

[Anonymous No.57747365]

>>57744999
>clicks link
oh wow, i need to "log in"
>"logs in"
>gets all assets stolen
>bankrupt
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?

[Anonymous No.57747472]

>>57744999
if it can happen to you, so it is best not to enter any strange links and keep your antivirus up to date. Once I almost downloaded a ransomware trying to download Blocklords.

[Anonymous No.57747700]

>>57747472
That's what you get for trying to download that shitgame lmao, I tell you what, what don't you try again, but this time deactivate your antivirus

[Anonymous No.57747709]

>>57747472
nigga u just need to download epic games launcher, and download it from there, tf u trying to download it from? softonic?