Ok yall, so my Metamask wallet was hacked back in December. I'd used it to buy and connect to some nodes. I now have someone trying to assist me with getting my nodes back and to do so, I have to re-add the Metamask extension to my browser. Nervously, I started the process of connecting it again and it is asking me to enter my seed recovery phrase, which to my understanding is the 12-word phrase I got when I created the wallet, which was done on the mobile app. I went through this same process and this is the exact same thing I did when I was hacked before. Why doesn't Metamask just have it where I can go on a site and enter the login credentials that were created when I created the mobile app? Needless to say, I am terrified of doing this because I keep hearing NEVER INPUT YOUR SEED PHRASE, and right after following these same steps before (setting up the Chrome extension) I got hacked. And the site I was on before and am on now is metamask.io.
I am reaching out to you all for help on what exactly I'm supposed to be doing. I only have a limited time to check on my nodes, but to do so I have to involve this wallet, unfortunately.
Because meta mask isn't a custodial wallet. It is a non custodial wallet where the keys are controlled by you. Hence you can't register an account with an email and password. All your wallet information are stored locally on your computer. Even the spending password you set is stored locally and for that instance of the wallet only. The 12 word phrase is the most important thing. You should back this up and store it safely. Anyone with that phrase will have full access to your wallet even if you have a spending password set on your wallet.
If "that guy" you are talking about is someone random on the internet, he is here to scam you.