StealthHound: Privacy Tool Detects and Blocks Browser Fingerprinting and Silent Tracking
By
Akarsh Jha
Yesterday's bagel, baked twice. Familiar and a bit tough.
Summary
StealthHound is a privacy tool that detects and blocks hidden browser fingerprinting and silent tracking in real-time. It provides risk assessments, live alerts, and automatic blocking of invasive techniques like canvas fingerprinting, API abuse, and hardware probing. The tool operates locally without collecting user data and claims to not slow down browser performance.
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Get instant risk signals (Low/Medium/High), live alerts, and automatic blocking of invasive techniques like canvas fingerprinting, API abuse, and hardware probing.
Runs fully locally with zero data collection and no browser slowdown.
See who's tracking you, how they do it, and shut it down before profiling starts
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