CloakyVPN
What websites see from your browser
Every website can read these things the moment you open it. Only the address is looked up on our server; everything else is measured here in your browser and sent nowhere.
Your address
The IP address and country every site sees. With the VPN on, this should be the server's.
Video calls (WebRTC)
Calls in the browser look up your address another way. If it differs from the one above, it can be your real one.
Time zone
Your computer's clock tells sites which region you are in, whatever your address says.
Languages
The languages your browser asks for, in order.
Location
With your permission, a site can ask the browser for your position. Browsers find it from nearby Wi-Fi networks, which no VPN changes.
Browser fingerprint
Screen, graphics, fonts and settings together can recognise this device on every site. They don't reveal your address or location, and no VPN can change them; only the browser can.
- Use a browser built against fingerprinting, such as Tor Browser, Mullvad Browser or Brave.
- In Firefox, turn on privacy.resistFingerprinting (about:config). It also reports the time zone as UTC.
- Use a separate browser profile for the accounts you want to keep apart.
Fix it in CloakyVPN
- Security › Block all internet when the VPN drops: your real address never shows, not even for a moment.
- Security › Everything through the VPN: no site, call or video call goes around the server.
- Security › Disable location services, plus the Google location guide on the same page.
- Security › System time zone: set your clock to the server's country (Mac, Windows and Linux).