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Is it involve risk  connect metamask to opensea? hacks?  possible?

Anything is possible since no system is safe after all, also just make sure that you didn't click a phising link hacking will happen next and that will be the worse situation you encounter so be careful on that. Anyways just make sure to log out after you use the Opensea so that you didn't left your account there but so far I didn't hear any users complain being hack for using that platform so we can still say that this is safe.

As far as I know, not necessarily when solely connecting MetaMask to a platform. In the end it will still mostly depend if you know which wallet transactions you're actually approving yourself.

I don't think so no. I don't know how it works specifically, but it's pretty much like allowing transactions between two points/networks when you connect metamask to opensea. It's like opening up a channel, BUT you still have the last word on whether a transaction would go through to the said channel (via metamask). You'd probably only get hacked really if the site you visited was a phishing site or you got human-engineered or something. So yea, just make sure you're visiting the correct site and are approving transactions you know you should approve.

Before you use anything on the internet, there is no 100% safety so we can only be careful and make sure that our devices are safe from malware, trojan or else.
Once you are sure about that, you can go to Opensea and start browsing to buy or sell what you want.
Do not click anything that you think is suspicious and could cause trouble to you because on the internet, you will find tons of that things.

There is a possibility of something unexpected happening, scammers have different means of hacking into account, and most times it is usually as a result of this type of situation, connecting wallets into public sites, my advice is, you should endeavor to create a separate wallet for casual usage, something that is not holding your majority of funds, this way if anything would have happened it won't be too serious,
And mostly always double check the site for the right url to avoid scammers.

it is not a problem if you connect your metamusk or any other wallet on any legal and trusted website or exchanger but it must problem if you click any phishing link. if you do it then your wallet can be hacked and hacker can transfer your all crypto asset from your wallet. But you shouldn't connect your wallet in anywhere if you have a huge amount of crypto in your wallet. In this situation create a new wallet and use that wallet for your Necessary work .

There is no complete security guarantee for us when dealing with the internet space because hackers will of course do anything to penetrate the security system, basically Metamask works to make it easier for users when they want to connect their wallets with other applications such as decentralized applications (dApps) and decentralized financial protocol (DeFi) or with Opensea so that it will pose a risk for users if they do not carry out maximum security.

You do not have problem by connecting Metamask wallet to Opensea, the problem is that Metamask wallet itself is a web wallet, web wallets are riskier than any other wallet, hackers prefer to attack web wallets because it is easier to hack, that is why people always complain that their web wallet is hacked. About connecting it to Opensea, I do not think there is any problem with that at all than to make sure you protect your wallet from hackers.

There are risk when you do some activities
- Connecting your wallet to a third party website
- Giving them rights to approve your transactions
- Password of your wallet does not make sense because it is only helpful to protect your wallet on the browser in your computer. If you lose your mnemonic seed to others, they can access your wallet, without password.

You can try by importing a same wallet, with mnemonic seed, you can create multiple one with different password.
Check this site https://app.unrekt.net/

This is another site to connect my wallet. I dont trust this site too.

Having to ask in the first place indicates a lack of confidence in the subject matter. In which case, I would recommend learning more about the space, the tools, how to stay secure, etc.

Digital Asset News has a nice, free, fairly detailed course at:

https://www.DANTeachesCrypto.com/

It's a good start.

Since losing it all in crypto is so common, one can never know too much about this space, nor review what one already knows too many times.

No one can say that a particular software is safe. Metamask is quite widely used across a variety of websites and they are functioning pretty well. However, it's quite possible that a hacker finds a loophole and exploit it for his own benefit. So yes, mishaps and accidents can happen! There's no reason for being complacent.

Also it doesn't always need to have loopholes in metamask. It can also be possible that the website you are connected to, has issues!

There's a lot of reported case that Opensea fronted got hacked which result for the website loss of funds. Knowing there's a vulnerability before which means this case might occur again in the future. So there's a risk involve when connecting your metamask on opensea or on any decentralized app in general. It's up to you on how you will gonna risk your funds by connecting on it. Just use a separate wallet when using dapps and separate the wallet that contains most of your funds to play safe.

Yes it's risky to connect your metamask to any website including opensea, the truth is don't stay connected I meant after making a purchase successfully always disconnect your wallet from the website.

This could be the reason why wallets now has the option to create a new wallet easily. There have options before of using a new wallet address but that was not enough because most of your funds are still there on the same wallet. Checking the url must come first before doing any transactions because phishing sites now are rampant.

It is important to bookmark the original sites you are using so that you wont need to enter them every time because you can mislook their spellings and you can get phished. Opensea is a legit site but hacks can also happen to them so we should be careful. Always logout or disconnect your wallet after you use them.

Only if you connect to a clone website that is when there will be an issue. Scammers target big and popular sites and create many duplicates to steal people money through getting their private key. Always verify you are using the authentic site by getting it from their social platforms or sites like Coinmarketcap that has a link to these cryptocurency projects.

Secondly for precautions measure, do not use your main wallet to connect to any decentralized platforms. Use a new wallet you created just for that purpose so Incase there is an exploit you do not get affected by losing all your coins on main wallet.

To a wrong website and untrusted, it is risky. But if it's the legitimate opensea, why worry?

The real risk is when you've connected to a fake website that portrays and copies the website that you're about to access like opensea. This is very popular and it can wipe out your assets.

So before connecting, always verify the link if it's the real one.

Just because opensea is trusted source doesn't mean you can't lost your coins if the amount you holding is big enough to tempt any living soul, don't underestimate human beings, that open sea isn't controlled by gods it's control by humans like us so anything can happen.

It's not as long as that's a real opensea website. If this is a fake website and this will be potentially to be the risk when you are connecting your wallet to the opensea website. opensea was the trusted company and they will never take your coins by stealing it. They have large amounts of money and opensea has got so many fundings as well. I personally think that connecting your wallet (MM) to the opensea was not a risk,
that's why the reputation of website must be checked before you wanna try to connect your metamask. As long as it's trusted website and that's fine.
Don't you see how many people are actively connecting their metamask to the opensea everyday? that's tens thousands of people everyday active on opensea.

Correct. When opening the account with OpenSea, you will have bunch of options to login with. There will different wallets to choose from so you can have the preferred one which you think is suitable to you or you use regularly.

Lets take an example of MetaMask. This is usually in your chrome browsers extension so very handy to use. Whenever you will link your OpenSea account with the MetaMask then you will have to sign the message which you initially used. Generally this process takes place automatically if your wallet is logged in and account is linked to the proper chain.

If everything is fine then you will be taken in. There is no possible way anyone can hack your account before hacking your keys, passwords to the MetaMask.

My recommendation would be to use a Ledger hardware wallet with Metamask and never leave your coins/tokens in a hot wallet on Metamask in your browser. Metamask supports Ledger through the connect hardware wallet. When you buy your NFTs have them stored therefore on your Ledger wallet address. The next recommendation I would make is to not connect wallets to Metamask that has a lot of coins/tokens in it, only put in there enough to do whatever you want to do. For general use connect an interim account to Metamask and not your main accounts and transfer from your main account to your Metamask account and then do the transaction. These are compensating controls for in case something goes wrong with Metamask.

I think they cannot access your wallet they only allow you to have an account with your wallet that is what they said. But after visiting the site you check that you are on their official real link, check the spellings of the link so that you do not enter on any other fake website.
Other point is that do not enter your metamask details on any website as while opening/connecting to any website you will need to give password or key only on the metmask extension but at that point you have to check before that your PC/device is safe from any virus as there are some viruses which can monitor your keyboard and can copy what you type.

It all depend on you, you always need to keep your device safe from any attack. Plus do not click on any link or linked word, if there is a linked word sent to you then right click and choose "Copy link address" and then paste it somewhere to check that which link is there. If you do not recognize the link then remove it and do not visit there as it may be from hackers.

There might be risk but it can be manageable especially if you know how to protect your wallet. Connecting your wallet into a site is not that risky especially in Opensea, just don’t share your seed phrase, don’t download anything and you can be good. Metamask is one of a good wallet you can use in this market.

I've been connecting my metamask to the opensea so many times and i never encounter any problem. As long as the site already proven its credibility and it's safe to connect your metamask to the opensea. You may need to remember that never try to join in any suspicious site. Opensea is the biggst NFT market and the team will not try to destroy it. It's crazy if opensea was doing a shady thing like that.
They will never care with your money. Opensea itself already funded and it has a very big income from the NFT sellers on its market.
Why should you feel worry about that?