{"id":515375,"date":"2022-11-24T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/metamask-will-start-collecting-user-ip-addresses\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:30:00","slug":"metamask-will-start-collecting-user-ip-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/metamask-will-start-collecting-user-ip-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"# MetaMask will start collecting user IP addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42b7187d6a8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42b7187d6a8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/metamask-will-start-collecting-user-ip-addresses\/#%E2%80%9D_MetaMask_will_start_collecting_user_IP_addresses_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; MetaMask will start collecting user IP addresses &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_MetaMask_will_start_collecting_user_IP_addresses_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; MetaMask will start collecting user IP addresses &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTEvNzc1ZGNmZmQtYTI3Yy00MjQwLWE0OTAtMjU4NzU3NTgxNTFkLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5129e2ea>According to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consensys.net\/privacy-policy\/\">revised<\/a> privacy policy agreement published by ConsenSys on Nov. 23, MetaMask will begin collecting users\u2019 IP addresses and Ethereum wallet addresses during on-chain transactions.<\/p>\n<p>However, ConsenSys, the wallet\u2019s creator, explains that the collection of users\u2019 data will only <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly if they use MetaMask\u2019s default Remote Procedure Call (RPC) application, Infura. Individuals using their own Ethereum node or a third-party RPC provider with MetaMask are therefore not subject to the newly updated ConsenSys privacy policy. Instead, the terms of the other RPC provider apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to ConsenSys, information gathered in this manner may be disclosed to affiliates, during business deals, or to comply with Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering requirements dictated by law enforcement. MetaMask is currently one of the most popular self-custody wallets on the market with more than 21 million monthly active users.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction within the crypto community has been mostly negative. For example, Adam Cochran, partner at Cinneamhain Ventures, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamscochran\/status\/1595792167485808640\">stated<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere is nothing more important than consumer privacy, especially when it comes to your financial data \u2014 you have a right to be anonymous. Metamask has provided a great free service for a long time, but their decision to log IPs and tie it to transactions is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the same time, Hayden Adams, inventor of the Uniswap protocol, responded to inquiries by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haydenzadams\/status\/1595675130038030336\">outlining<\/a> that the decentralized exchange neither tracks IPs nor allows third-party tools on the platform to do so. ConsenSys has joined the ranks of notable Web3 companies, such as Coinbase, that adopted IP collection partly due to increasingly stringent regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\"><\/template><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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However, ConsenSys, the wallet\u2019s creator, explains that the collection of users\u2019 data will only apply if they use MetaMask\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":515376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTEvNzc1ZGNmZmQtYTI3Yy00MjQwLWE0OTAtMjU4NzU3NTgxNTFkLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74894,74863,117,4965],"class_list":["post-515375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-blockchain","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-business","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}