Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale

Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale

Spoof time zone, geolocation, locale and user agent. Match your location data to your VPN's ip address.

What is Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale?
Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale is a Chrome extension designed to offer a customized web experience. It allows users to mimic different browser settings including time zone, geolocation, locale and user agent. Useful for testing websites, bypassing regional restrictions, and enhancing online privacy, Vytal leverages the chrome.debugger API for a seamless and undetectable spoofing process. The extension is free, does not collect user data and signup is not mandatory.
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Stats
Users: 40,000+
Rating: 4.14 (81)
Version: 2.1.10 (Last updated: 2023-09-06)
Creation date: 2021-06-29
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • debugger
Size: 375.81K
URLs: Website
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This extension allows you to customize your browser's settings to appear as if you are accessing the internet from a different location, locale, or device. This can be useful for testing websites, bypassing regional restrictions, or protecting your privacy online. With just a few clicks, you can change your time zone, locale, geolocation, and user agent to match your desired settings.

Most extensions that provide these features rely on content scripts to inject script tags into web pages. There are many limitations to script tag injections which you can read about here: https://palant.info/2020/12/10/how-anti-fingerprinting-extensions-tend-to-make-fingerprinting-easier

Vytal utilizes the chrome.debugger API to spoof this data instead. This allows the data to be spoofed in frames, web workers and during the initial loading of a website. It also makes the spoofing completely undetectable.

You can test and compare Vytal and other extensions on https://vytal.io

Vytal is free, collects no data and signup is not required.

While spoofing data a notification bar becomes visible. Hiding the bar can be done by using the --silent-debugger-extension-api flag. Instructions on how to run chrome with flags: https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags

Vytal is not a VPN or proxy and will not change your IP address. However, it can be used in combination with a VPN service to obscure your true location.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vytal-io/vytal-extension

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as intended for web developers
  • Useful for bypassing location restrictions on certain websites
  • Easy to use and setup
Cons
  • Compatibility issues with certain browsers
  • Does not change IP address
  • Some users reported it not working on certain websites
Most mentioned
  • Works as intended for web developers
  • Does not change IP address
  • Compatibility issues with certain browsers
Recent reviews
annoying notif
by melon bucuk melon bucuk, 2024-04-27

This extension works flawlessly, Although when in debugging. it take a bit of my screen especially when watching a movie on full screen. Dev, can you do something about it.
by Hey Choppi Hey Choppi, 2023-12-13

Отличное расширение, добавьте возможность сохранения нескольких User-Agent :)
by colnago colnago, 2024-04-14
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Safety
Risk impact

Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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