Port security?

A friend who was walking me through my DeFi setup on Coinbase Wallet said he would “ask customer service for a port for me” and then he sent me the address to copy/paste into my wallet. I’m thinking this is a clear security breach for me, is this correct? I know that different individuals can share ports, as trades are keyed (I believe) to the unique ID of the account, device, etc.

What am I missing here? Am I being scammed?

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5 thoughts on “Port security?”

  1. There are no such things as ports you need to worry about in coinbase wallet.

    >I know that different individuals can share ports, as trades are keyed (I believe) to the unique ID of the account, device, etc.

    That makes no sense

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  2. As a follow up, if this is a clear security breach and I’m at risk of having my USD transferred out of this common port (he gave me the link, I didn’t get it directly from customer service), then what steps should I take now to secure myself?

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  3. Bro, if you have to ask “am I being scammed?” Then the answer is YES. It means you didn’t know the dude well enough. I would contact Coinbase immediately and if necessary shut it all down and begin a new account.

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