🔒 Advanced Browser Privacy Test
Professional-grade privacy & security analysis with real-time monitoring
🎯 Test Configuration
📚 How This Tool Works
Glance, every time you are surfing on the web, your browser is basically talking about you in your back. Occasionally it has to communicate stuff in order that websites can operate. Fair enough. But something is happening out here that you have no idea about. It all comes there, you see, we are going to show you what is pouring out, and better still, what you can get done about it.
How This Works
So here's the deal. All is being hosted in your browser. Scan that button and everything is done on your machine. No one is uploaded, transmitted or sent anywhere. We are looking at what is on display and we will not interfere with your privacy, it would be ironical otherwise, right? We excavate five major places where web browsers are fond of leaking your secrets, and then discursively analyze what we have discovered in plain English.
What We're Testing For
WebRTC IP Leaks
Okay, this WebRTC is it, it is the thing that allows you to make a video call directly in your browser. Zoom, Google Meet all that needs it. Cool, but horrible on privacy. Why? This is because, although you can be using VPN to remain anonymous, in any case, WebRTC can simply straight up spill the contents of your own IP address. I have heard of people spending money on expensive VPNs and still wondering why they are still being trailed. In nine out of ten, it is WebRTC stabbing them in the back. This is what you find out in this test whether you have that problem.
DNS Leaks
Imagine DNS as the directions your browser seeks each time you wish to go online to visit a site. "Hey, where does Facebook live?" "Where's Amazon?" Normal enough, except that those are not necessarily personal by nature. Every one of them can be viewed by your internet provider. We are verifying your encrypted DNS requests- you really should be. There are also browsers that attempt to be friendly and pre-load the sites they believe that you will want to visit. Sounds good until you notice it is broadcasting your intentions to browse it even before you have even made up your mind what to do. Not great.
Browser Fingerprinting
The one is rather creepy in an honest way when you first come across it. Clear everything, delete all your cookies, it does not matter. Websites are yet able to identify you by simply monitoring the behavior of your browser. They test things such as how it displays a basic image, what fonts have been installed on your computer, your screen resolution and even how your sound devices handle audio. Each detail on its own? Whatever. But put twenty of these little things together and boom--you have a fingerprint that is as distinctive as that of the end of your thumb. We are doing the very tests the tracking businesses do, right so you can see what they are looking at.
Location Privacy
You have the pop-up where it requests you to share your location. that you always click "No" on? Good instinct. The thing is that websites do not require such permission to determine the approximate location of where you are. Your time of the day tells everything. Language preferences? Same deal. It is like proposing to someone that I will not give them my address, yet he is wearing a shirt that has New York stenciled on it and has a deep accent. We will demonstrate to you where your breadcrumbs have been left by your browser even when you believe that you have set that down.
Cookies and Storage
Ah, cookies. The OG tracking procedure that everybody has heard of. Incidentally, first-party cookies are absolutely acceptable, just the site that you are on, keeping track of the fact that you have logged in or the items that you have added to your cart. No biggie. Third-party cookies though? Now that is where it gets sketchy. That is the way advertising agencies spy on you throughout the internet. You visit one site as you look at shoes and then the next month see shoe ads everywhere. And that is the work of third-party cookies. We scan whether you are permitting those, and all the other shady methods internet sites can use to leave tracking information on your computer. Spoiler: when we discover third party cookies blocked, then it is you who actually win.
Pick How Deep You Wanna Go
- Total Analysis - The entire bang. Every test we've got. It only takes up to half a minute, but you will have the overall picture of what is happening on your browser.
- Quick Privacy Scan - Just Touches the Highlights. Leakage through webRTC, cookie, done. Easy to use especially when you need to know whether that VPN is actually working or not or when you want to confirm that some of the settings you have just adjusted are working.
- Custom Test Suite- You have the power. Those are the toggle switches on the bottom that you use to select what it is that you specifically want to be tested. Useful in case you have been fooling around with certain privacy settings and you want to know whether they did work.
- Reset & Clear Data - Removes all the results and begins afresh. Works well when you need to compare one thing to another such as trying out the settings of various browsers to determine which is superior.
Toggle Switches Explanation
- Real-time Monitoring - Turn this feature on and you have a live footage of what is happening with your privacy in real time. It is truly quite crazy to watch. You can also be shown the exact time various browser features are pinged and the type of data they are retrieving. Kind of eye-opening.
- Deep Fingerprint Analysis - This was on by default since fingerprinting has become such a huge issue in the recent past. It tests the canvas stuff, WebGL, the way your audio equipment works, fonts, the works. You may switch it off in case you are not afraid of network leak and need the scan to complete in lesser time.
- Network Leak Detection - It executes the WebRTC and DNS tests. Using a VPN or Tor? Keep this on for sure. In case you are simply browsing and do not consider the network-level privacy, you can skip it.
- Verbose Reporting - We keep this off normally puts an awful load of technical data in your face that you do not really require. However, in case you want to view the real IP addresses, precise fingerprint hashes, all the raw data- turn it on. It exists because people who have the time to be true nerds need it.
The Real Meaning of Your Score
When it has completed scanning, there will be a number among a hundred. It is merely the percentage of examinations you passed. It is not like you have to work yourself into a frenzy, because the truth is that the majority of the population falls in the middle. Here's the breakdown:
- 85-100 Excellent Privacy - Nice work. Your browser is chained up. You are doing much better than most of the individuals out there.
- 70-84 Good Privacy - Solid setup. You're ahead of most folks. Perhaps, there are a few small details to be changed, but nothing is urgent.
- 50-69 Moderate Privacy -Okay, there is certainly room to scale up here. Perhaps, this is time to get some privacy extensions, or maybe change the browser to a more privacy-oriented one.
- 30-49 Bad Privacy - Not going to pussy-foot around it--your browser is worse than it should be. Having some actual problems, which should be addressed sooner than later.
- 0-29 Critical Risk - Yes, this is bad. Your browser is an open book basically. It is possible that whatever you are doing on the internet, someone can see it. Time to change a few things urgently.
So What Do You Actually Do Now?
Found some issues? Here are the most frequent things that always crop up and how to fix them:
- WebRTC is exposing your IP - Go install an extension named WebRTC Leak Prevent or just turn off WebRTC in your browsing options. Tough Word, No, you do not need it on unless you are making video calls in your browser 24/7.
- Cookies by third parties are permissible - Hit up your browser preferences and block them. Takes literally two minutes. This is most likely the one-win fight on your side of the privacy. Surely there will be one or two wailing websites about it, but ninety-nine per cent. of sites have no trouble at all.
- Your fingerprint is too special - Not going to tell you, it is harder this one. Firefox has such an option as privacy.resistFingerprinting hidden in the about:config. Or go to Brave, which is a browser that combats fingerprinting automatically, so you do not need to do anything.
- VPN not concealing your actual IP - It is WebRTC leaking once more. Use my extension, as I said, or truth? Perhaps, it is time to change VPN companies since they are not even taking care of WebRTC leaks, which they are Privacy 101.
Real Talk About Privacy
Privacy is not a black and white issue where there is either complete privacy or no privacy at all. Perfect privacy? That costs you. Stuff happens to break, websites fail, things start to annoy in a second. All people have their own boundary between privacy and convenience based on what they keep secret and what inconveniences they may be ready to accept.
You see, you are not trying to get to a hundred here. You are attempting to know what is leaking in order to make actual judgments regarding what you value. Perhaps, you have a job where privacy is a serious concern. Perhaps you simply do not like creepy targeted ads following you. Perhaps you are comfortable with the bulk of the tracking, but that you are the limit with location stuff. Whatever. You see where you are, use this thing to fix what bugs you and quit worrying about the rest. There is no way that life is short to waste time worrying about each and every privacy leak without it having to impact your life in any way.