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Can Websites See Your MAC Address? What They Use Instead
Your MAC address never travels past your own router, and browsers have no API for it. See what device bans actually pin to, live on this page.
Aug 25, 2026
reCAPTCHA Score Too Low? What It Means and How to Fix It
Your reCAPTCHA score is too low? What the 0.0–1.0 score is, where the 0.5 cutoff comes from, why yours is low, and a live check of your own score.
Aug 20, 2026
How Websites Detect Your VPN (and How to Test Yours)
Sites spot a VPN from the IP's owner, reputation lists, a time zone or language that still says home, and WebRTC. Run the live VPN detection test on your own browser.
Updated Aug 25, 2026
Battery Fingerprinting: Your Charge Level Is a Tracker
Your charge level and time-to-empty are nearly unique for minutes — enough to re-link you across sites. See what the Battery Status API leaks, live.
Updated Aug 25, 2026
Why You Keep Getting CAPTCHAs (and How to Make Them Stop)
CAPTCHAs aren't random. A risk engine scored your IP, browser, cookies and behavior before the page loaded. Find the signal that flags you, and test it live.
Updated Aug 20, 2026
How Websites Detect Your Ad Blocker (and When They're Wrong)
Anti-adblock scripts plant fake ads and watch what happens to them. See the six traps, why they misfire on people with no blocker, and test yours live.
Jul 20, 2026
Font Fingerprinting: Your Installed Fonts Give You Away
Any website can read your installed fonts with a rendering trick — no permission, no prompt. Test your font fingerprint live and see what your list reveals.
Jul 20, 2026
Language Leak: Your VPN Doesn't Change Your Browser Language
Every request your browser sends carries an Accept-Language header, and your VPN delivers it untouched. Test live whether your languages match your IP.
Updated Aug 20, 2026
Timezone Leak: Your VPN Moves Your IP, Not Your Clock
Any website can read your OS timezone with one JavaScript call. If it disagrees with your VPN exit's location, you get flagged. Test it live here.
Updated Aug 20, 2026
Are You Detectable as a Bot? Test Your Browser for Automation Leaks
Selenium, Puppeteer and Playwright leave traces in the browsers they drive. Run a live test for the automation signals anti-bot systems check, and see why stealth plugins can make a bot easier to catch.
Updated Jul 28, 2026
One Browser, Five OS Claims: Why Platform Spoofs Get Caught
Your browser announces its operating system in five different places. Trackers cross-check them all, and one wrong answer exposes the spoof.
Updated Jul 20, 2026
Your User-Agent Lies. Your Chromium Version Doesn't.
User-Agent strings are easy to fake, but supported web features reveal the real Chromium version underneath - and a version mismatch makes you look spoofed.
Updated Jun 11, 2026
Widevine DRM vs Anti-Detect Browsers: The Zen Browser Anomaly
Why privacy browsers like Zen report Widevine as supported yet fail to stream Netflix - how DRM detection works and what it reveals about your browser.
Updated Jun 11, 2026
Audio Fingerprinting: The Sound of Tracking
How audio fingerprinting uses the Web Audio API to identify your device silently, with no microphone and no permission prompt, and what you can do to defend against it.
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Camera Fingerprinting: Exposed by Your Webcam
How websites use your camera's model name and capabilities to fingerprint and track you without ever recording a frame, and how to limit what they can see.
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Understanding IP Address Geolocation Inaccuracy
Learn why IP-based geolocation is not always accurate and how services like ipinfo.io and iphub.info are used to determine location.
May 21, 2025
Comparing 5 Popular Adblockers
An in-depth comparison of 5 popular adblockers, including uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, and Ghostery. Find out which adblocker offers the best protection and features.
Updated Jul 20, 2026
Comparing a Normal and a Secure Browser
Compare Incogniton and Chrome on browser fingerprinting and IP leak protection, and see what a privacy browser actually changes.
Updated Jul 20, 2026
WebRTC IP Leak: What It Is and How to Protect Yourself
Learn how WebRTC can reveal your real IP address even when using a VPN, and discover methods to protect your online privacy from WebRTC IP leaks.
Updated Aug 20, 2026
Canvas Hash Fingerprinting Explained
Learn what canvas hashes are, how they are used for browser fingerprinting, and how to protect your privacy from canvas-based tracking.
May 6, 2025
