Vytal - Spoof Timezone & Geolocation Easily
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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.
This extension contains promotions for NordVPN and SurfShark.
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- Works well for spoofing timezone and geolocation
- Useful tool for developers to test website behavior across different devices
- Integrates well with VPNs for enhanced functionality
- Fast and free to use
- Recent changes have introduced ads and popups, particularly for NordVPN
- Does not change IP address on its own; needs to be used with a VPN
- Debugging mode may raise security concerns about user data access
- Inconsistent performance, with some users reporting it doesn't work at all
- Requires VPN integration for effective use
- Security concerns regarding debugging mode
- Recent changes to the app after being sold
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Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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Vytal - Spoof Timezone, Geolocation & Locale has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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