Glossary

Words that show up in this topic and usually get explained either too briefly or too technically. Here — short and to the point.

⚠️ The rule for this section: we only write what we tested ourselves. Almost every article has a measurement — with numbers and with what came out of them. Where we did not test something, that is stated too.

Browser fingerprint

• Browser fingerprint — how a site recognises you without cookies
• Canvas fingerprint — a drawing that is unique to every computer
• WebRTC leak — how your real address escapes past the proxy

Proxies

• Residential proxies — addresses from home internet providers
• Datacentre proxies — addresses from server subnets
• SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies — what the difference actually means

Chrome from the inside

• App-Bound Encryption — why cookies can no longer be copied
• CDP, the Chrome DevTools Protocol — what scripts use to control the browser

Check your own — on the browser checks page: fingerprint and WebRTC leak. Both free, nothing to install.