What the full privacy scan checks
Most privacy tests look at one thing: your IP address, or DNS, or WebRTC. In practice they interact. A VPN that hides your IP is undone by a leaking DNS server or a WebRTC candidate, and none of it helps if your browser is unique enough to be recognised anyway. This scan runs all of the checks together and gives you one score and a short list of what to fix first.
How the score is calculated
The score is a transparent heuristic with five categories. Each is worth a fixed number of points, and a check that cannot run on your device is left out and the total rescaled to 100.
| Category | Points | What earns points |
|---|---|---|
| Network exposure | 38 | Your IP, location and provider are masked, for example by a VPN. |
| WebRTC leaks | 15 | The browser does not reveal an address other than the one sites see. |
| DNS privacy | 15 | Lookups are not leaking out of your VPN (partial credit for a private DNS provider). |
| Browser fingerprint | 20 | Your browser carries few identifying details. |
| Tracking signals | 12 | Global Privacy Control (8) and Do Not Track (4) are enabled. |
Scores of 80 and above are "well protected", 50 to 79 "partially protected" and below 50 "exposed". A typical home connection in a standard browser scores in the 30s to 40s, which is not a failing: it just means a lot is visible by default.
What this score is and is not
It measures how much a website can learn from your connection and browser. It is not a malware scan, a password audit or a guarantee of safety. It cannot see inside your device, and it cannot tell what a specific website does with what it learns. IP location is approximate, and our fingerprint estimate is an illustrative figure, not a measurement against a live population. We prefer to say that plainly than to give you a falsely precise number.
Getting a better score
- Mask your IP. Use a trustworthy VPN. Our guide to hiding your IP compares the options.
- Close leaks. Enable DNS and IPv6 leak protection in the VPN app and restrict WebRTC.
- Choose a privacy-focused browser or enable its fingerprint protection.
- Turn on Global Privacy Control.
- Re-run the scan to see the improvement, then share your score with the image button.
The shareable image shows your score and category bars only. It never includes your IP address.
Last reviewed 2026-10-26. Found a mistake? Report a correction (how we handle them).