How to Test Your Browser's Security
The links below will tell how much information your web browser exposes online.
BrowserAudit
BrowserAudit checks that your web browser correctly implements a wide variety of security standards and features.
BrowserAudit checks that your web browser correctly implements a wide variety of security standards and features.
Below are the results of eleven browsers I had installed on my system at the time of creating this webpage. Chrome ver. 120.0.6099.216 had two critical errors on my Ubuntu MATE system, but didn't have any critical errors on my Windows 10 system.
Cover Your Tracks
Cover Your Tracks - Test your browser to see how well you are protected from tracking and fingerprinting.
Cover Your Tracks - Test your browser to see how well you are protected from tracking and fingerprinting.
Below are the results of eleven browsers I had installed on my system at the time of creating this webpage.
Am I Unique?
Am I Unique? aims at studying the diversity of browser fingerprints and providing developers with data to help them design good defenses.
Am I Unique? aims at studying the diversity of browser fingerprints and providing developers with data to help them design good defenses.
Below are the results of eleven browsers I had installed on my system at the time of creating this webpage.
CloudFlare Browser Check
CloudFlare Browser Check automatically tests whether your DNS queries and answers are encrypted, whether your DNS resolver uses DNSSEC, which version of TLS is used to connect to the page, and whether your browser supports securing the Server Name Indication (SNI) using Encrypted Client Hello (ECH).
CloudFlare Browser Check automatically tests whether your DNS queries and answers are encrypted, whether your DNS resolver uses DNSSEC, which version of TLS is used to connect to the page, and whether your browser supports securing the Server Name Indication (SNI) using Encrypted Client Hello (ECH).
Below are the results of eleven browsers I had installed on my system at the time of creating this webpage. Don't panic if you see a ? over the Secure DNS section. CloudFlare cannot detect if you're using a secure DNS if you're not using CloudFlare's DNS.
DNS Leak Test
DNS Leak Test is an online tool to search for DNS leaks. Below is an example with my VPN turned on. You can click on three links across the top of this website to learn more about DNS leaks and how to fix them. You can run a Standard test or an Extended test.
DNS Leak Test is an online tool to search for DNS leaks. Below is an example with my VPN turned on. You can click on three links across the top of this website to learn more about DNS leaks and how to fix them. You can run a Standard test or an Extended test.
Below is an example of the results from the Standard test.
Below is an example of the results from the Extended test.
Below is an example of the results from this test.
The results of the online browser check.
Below is the results from clicking the View details button.
Qualys BrowserCheck
Qualys BrowserCheck allows you to scan your web browser to check to see if the browser, plug-ins, OS settings &updates are all up-to-date.
Qualys BrowserCheck allows you to scan your web browser to check to see if the browser, plug-ins, OS settings &updates are all up-to-date.
The results of clicking the GRC's Instant UPnP Exposure Test button.
BrowserLeaks
BrowserLeaks is a suite of tools that offers a range of tests to evaluate the security and privacy of your web browser.
BrowserLeaks is a suite of tools that offers a range of tests to evaluate the security and privacy of your web browser.
Device Info
Device Info - A web browser security testing, privacy testing, and troubleshooting tool.
Device Info - A web browser security testing, privacy testing, and troubleshooting tool.
PrivacyTests.org
PrivacyTests.org - The goal of this website is to help you understand in detail: what data is each web browser leaking and illustrates which web browsers offer the best privacy protections.
PrivacyTests.org - The goal of this website is to help you understand in detail: what data is each web browser leaking and illustrates which web browsers offer the best privacy protections.
I recommend that you check your browser ever so often with some of the links to make sure that you are surfing the Internet with a safe browser. I also recommend that you check any new browser that you install on your system to ensure that it is safe. You might want to bookmark this site for future reference.
Jan 17, 2024