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New Vytal Chrome extension hides location info that your VPN can't
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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 992768" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p>Quote</p><p></p><p>"Vytal can Spoof your timezone, locale, geolocation and user agent. This data can be used to track you or reveal your location," explained z0ccc in the <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31710603" target="_blank">HN</a><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31710603" target="_blank"> post</a>.</p><p></p><p>Unquote</p><p></p><p>I ran it at <a href="https://vytal.io/" target="_blank">Vytal</a> and it doesn't reveal my IP address (due to my VPN). So I'm safe</p><p></p><p>As for useragent I changed it and it showed my changed useragent. It still didn't reveal my true useragent. So I'm safe</p><p></p><p>As for spoofing timezone it can affect your updates like AV signature updates, Win OS update etc. So not advisable to spoof the timezone</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267479[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267480[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267481[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Overall, I don't think I need this extension. Nothing in the above pictures revealed my true location and useragent</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 992768, member: 55987"] Quote "Vytal can Spoof your timezone, locale, geolocation and user agent. This data can be used to track you or reveal your location," explained z0ccc in the [URL='https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31710603']HN[/URL][URL='http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31710603'] post[/URL]. Unquote I ran it at [URL='https://vytal.io/']Vytal[/URL] and it doesn't reveal my IP address (due to my VPN). So I'm safe As for useragent I changed it and it showed my changed useragent. It still didn't reveal my true useragent. So I'm safe As for spoofing timezone it can affect your updates like AV signature updates, Win OS update etc. So not advisable to spoof the timezone [ATTACH type="full" width="596px" alt="1655082128185.png"]267479[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="595px" alt="1655082170404.png"]267480[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="593px" alt="1655082211916.png"]267481[/ATTACH] Overall, I don't think I need this extension. Nothing in the above pictures revealed my true location and useragent [/QUOTE]
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