Google wants to launch an IP address hiding option in its Chrome browser. This would prevent sites from tracking users without going through a third-party proxy or VPN.
You may go through the private browsing mode Or incognitonot accept cookiesdelete your historical or all your navigation data, there is one thing that can definitely identify you on the Internet. Your IP adress. This sequence of numbers is the equivalent of your postal address, but on the Web. It is assigned to each terminal, whether a computer, a smartphone or other, which accesses the Internet. Thanks to it, it is possible for a site to track your activities on the webfor example for display targeted advertisements.
This therefore poses problems of respect for privacy to which Google and its Chrome browser are not foreign. In some cases, this can lead to a lawsuit demanding $5 billion in compensation. Currently, the only way to avoid IP tracking is touse a VPN or proxy, that is to say a system which will pass off your real IP address as another. In Chrome, this will soon be possible natively.
Google’s Chrome browser is working on an option to hide your IP address
A function called “IP Protection” is in preparation at the Mountain View firm. She goes hide your IP by passing it through proxy servers. Websites will therefore no longer be able to access it. But we must not forget that the IP address is necessary to use certain websitesfor example streaming services or some banks. Not to mention that sometimes, hiding it can reduce browsing speed.
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Google is therefore working to find a balance between privacy and functional necessity. For this, the option will only route traffic from specific domains through proxies. IP Protection will be tested between Chrome versions 119 and 225. Only the users logged in to their Google account and having a US-based IP address will have access to it initially. We will therefore have to wait before seeing the functionality arrive with us.
Source: BleepingComputer