where is the privatekey and transation store in chrome file using metamask extension

Question

i want to know where is the privatekey and transation store in google chrome file using metamask extension. can you help me? it is in /Users/jackson/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions???

Copperhead

Answer 1

Metamask stores your private keys using your browser's data store. The source code of Metamask is auditable, like Parity and MyEtherWallet, by downloading from a repository (which you can then be more assured that the program you are running has indeed been looked at by other people -- unless someone is man-in-the-middle attacking you) or by unpacking the Chromium extension you downloaded.

Using Chrome on a Mac, your data is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Defaults/Extensions.

To find which directory it is in, you can do a search grep -rw 'metamask' *. This will search for all instances of the word "matamask" within these folders.

Gallbladder

thank you! it is help me! i also want to know the privateKey is store in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Defaults/Extensions or %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage ? i can't find which file is,thank you ! – Mountfort

Great! Feel free to approve my answer and give me an upvote so other people with this question will know the answer! – Gallbladder

the upvode need 15 reputation but i only have 11. i will upvode you in the future.thank you! – Mountfort

TIP: The flag -l (lowercase L) in grep return just the filename, so grep -rwl 'metamask' . will give a quieter output. – Cianca