Responding to the arguments made by experts and the crypto community as a whole, MetaMask tried to clear the air by stating that nothing had changed in their privacy policy and it was a mere misunderstanding.

The language in our privacy policy was updated on November 23rd.

Nothing has changed in the way MetaMask and Infura operate.

Here’s a statement clarifying what we do with user data (spoiler: nothing).https://t.co/4dDKMvcMvv

— MetaMask 🦊💙 (@MetaMask) November 24, 2022

Joseph Lubin, CEO of Consensys & Ethereum’s co-founder, also chimed in to fight accusations of stealing user privacy through the MetaMask app.

He vehemently denied MetaMask being operated by Consensys and added that it was the end-users who operate the app. According to him, Consensys just played the part in developing the software.

Talking about RPC, he pointed that,