Configure Your Stack

Connection Home or public Wi-Fi, or mobile data
VPN A VPN hides your traffic from the local network and your ISP. The VPN provider can see it instead, and sites you sign into still know who you are. EFF Hides IP, encrypts traffic
HTTPS HTTPS encrypts page content in transit. Networks can still see the domain through DNS and SNI unless you use encrypted DNS and the site supports ECH. Cloudflare Encrypts page content
Browser Browsers differ in tracker blocking, fingerprinting defenses, account sync, and third-party cookie defaults. FTC Mozilla Tracker & fingerprint protection
Search Engine Your search engine sees every query you type. What it keeps depends on its retention policy and whether you’re signed in. Google DuckDuckGo Who sees your queries

Privacy Score A rough comparison with hand-picked weights. A higher score means fewer common observers can link your IP, browsing, searches, and browser identity to you. FTC

0/100

Assumptions An educational model of everyday web browsing. It scores common exposure points and can’t measure anonymity. The score covers a few high-impact settings. It leaves out malware, compromised devices, browser extensions, and data brokers. FTC

Wi-Fi Connection Flow

Encrypted / protected
Exposed / vulnerable
Partial / metadata only
Inside VPN tunnel
Risk level

5G / Cellular Connection Flow

Encrypted / protected
Exposed / vulnerable
Partial / metadata only
Inside VPN tunnel
Risk level

Visibility Matrix: Who Sees What Green means that party can’t see or doesn’t keep the item in that column. It may still see other things. FTC

Entity Real IP Sites Visited Page Content Search Queries Device / ID Location

Gaps in Your Privacy Stack Ranked by severity, then by practical impact. The biggest gaps are usually account sign-in, browser tracking, DNS and SNI metadata, and over-trusting a VPN. FTC