I am currently using Proton VPN (free tier) which is set to Always-ON and Block Connections on disable.
Today while I am going through my Gmail security option, on the devices/sessions I found my real location mentioned over there. Even when I use desktop I always connect to VPN.
On this issue I got couple of doubts:
- Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it’s not functioning properly etc…
- Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.
This site does a really great job of illustrating how fingerprinting works and the plethora of information that your browser is telegraphing to every website you visit.
I never understood why a browser couldn’t just…not give out that info.
Like screen resolution for example. Just give the browser the content and let the browser render it to screen, no?
A good browser will not send most of that info, or it will spoof it.