Cover your tracks

常见问题

• What is Cover Your Tracks?

  
  Coveryourtracks.eff.org is a tool provided by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which allows users to check how well their online privacy measures protect them from tracking. It helps users understand the effectiveness of their browser and add-ons in protecting their online privacy and offers advice on how to improve their settings.

• How does Cover Your Tracks work?

  
  The tool works by conducting a series of tests that analyze your browser and add-ons. It checks for various aspects such as tracking cookies, browser fingerprinting, and more. It then provides a detailed report on the findings and offers suggestions on how to improve your privacy settings.

• Who can benefit from using Cover Your Tracks?

  
  Anyone concerned about their online privacy can benefit from using coveryourtracks.eff.org. This includes regular internet users, privacy advocates, researchers, and anyone else interested in understanding and improving their online privacy.

• What is browser fingerprinting, and how does Cover Your Tracks help in this regard?

  
  Browser fingerprinting is a technique used by websites to collect unique information about a user’s browser type, settings, and even hardware, which can be used to track and identify them. Coveryourtracks.eff.org analyzes how unique your browser fingerprint is among other visitors, which can give an indication of how easily you can be tracked.

• Is using Cover Your Tracks free?

  
  Yes, using coveryourtracks.eff.org is entirely free. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit organization, provides it as part of its mission to defend civil liberties in the digital world.