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